"Blue Joy" Bonnie J Jensen
Joy Mestroni - Jazz Action Society Magazine, September 2004
I'm happy to report that the Basement was bustling with music
lovers on a Monday night. For those that have not had the pleasure,
Bonnie looks like a graceful gazelle, is an accomplished pianist
and sings like a dream. This is her second release. The evening
integrated standards, popular music and some smooth originals.
A jazz treatment of some of my favourite songs including Sting's
Every Breath You Take and a polished performance of Rio de Janeiro
Blues - on the album the track features some tasteful percussion
from Fabian Hevia.
A song with "hit" potential is Jensen's original Tokyo Skies
with interesting lyrics and some magnificent trumpet from Mr Don
Rader. The evening was made even more special thanks to the talents
of Craig Walters. His flute on Jensen's original Free and his
saxophone throughout the evening was magnificent. Kudos must go
to pianist Michael Bartolomei who assisted Jensen arranging many
of the tunes.
One of the most outstanding parts of the evening was Bonnie's
rendition of Time after Time back to basics with piano and voice:
a track from her first release "Lucky so & so" also available
on La Brava Music catalogue number 0039.
