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| | Betty Buckley : Heart to Heart - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
 | | Broadway diva Betty Buckley is not a jazz singer, but this delightfully sparse and intimate collection of love songs has an unaffected, straight-from-the-heart quality that can best be described as jazz-like. |
 | | Buckley's flawless pitch, timbre, and enunciation never come across as sterile or soulless; rather, they heighten the emotional impact in each song. |
 | | Accompanied only by her longtime pianist and musical director Kenny Werner, Buckley shines her light on old chestnuts by Rodgers & Hart, Lerner & Loewe, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin, often weaving songs together as concise and uncontrived medleys. |
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