by Scott Yanow
After recording three &songbooks,& the superb singer Susannah McCorkle performed 14 songs by as many composers on this Jazz Alliance CD reissue. Although there are a few older tunes (such as &The Lady's in Love with You,& &I Won't Dance,& and &I've Grown Accustomed to His Face&), McCorkle emphasizes newer material including songs by Blossom Dearie (&Bye Bye Country Boy&), Oscar Brown, Jr. (&The Call of the City&), Dave Frishberg (the obscure &Foodophobia&), and a tune that stayed in her repertoire, &The People That You Never Get to Love.& With fine backup work from pianist Keith Ingham, guitarist Al Gafa, bassist Steve LaSpina, and drummer Joe Cucuzzo, Susannah McCorkle (who never recorded a weak album) showed off her versatility without losing her strong musical personality, purpose, and charm.