Happy 25th Anniversary Baby
On The Air Records
2011
With her Don't Call Her Larry trilogy placing her firmly on the jazz-roots map, vocalist Lawrence Lebo sends husband-bassist Denny Croy a love note in the form of an EP, Happy 25th Anniversary Baby. Smokin' is the title piece with a great guitar solo by Tony Mandracchia and Hammond B-3 daydreams by Larry "Big House" David. Lebo is in unrestrained voice. Her self-penned "Shouting You Business" in two versions (one "clean" and one something other), is most fun, leaving this writer wanting more. Her lyrics are simple and clever. Lebo does not complicate things lyrically. The song is given a bit of a zydeco flair with Carl Byron's accordion, stimulating all of the dance receptors. Okay, Lawrence, let's have a whole album of this!
