Linnzi Zaorski
Linnzi Zaorski
New Orleans, LA
Jazz / Swing / Acoustic
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New Orleans Ninth Ward chanteuse Linnzi Zaorski is a familiar and beguiling sight, holding down the stage anywhere cocktails are served. Ms. Zaorski is the kind of artist that you find standing in front of a 1940s style microphone, in a long flowing black gown, gardenia in her hair, and lighted so gently as to only see two pair of fire red lips belt out the tunes of Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, and Johnny Mercer to a smoke filled cabaret. She is an exceptional torch singer that appears to be a cross between Cyndi Lauper and Betty Boop. With a gardenia tucked into her platinum locks, it's hard to separate her live appeal from the supper-club set dressing aspect. Live, she turns a barroom into a speakeasy with a wink and a whisper.
It's tough to make a mark on swinging standards like 'Bei Meir Bist Du Schoen," and on emotionally drenched tracks like 'Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" and Billie Holiday's aching 'Good Morning Heartache," but on her latest CD, "Hot Wax and Whiskey", Zaorski, along with other familiar downtown faces like Rob Wagner on sax, Jazz Vipers Robert Snow, Charlie Fardella and Bruce Brackman, along with the fresh touch of Washboard Chaz on a few tracks, (did Glenn Miller have a washboard?) does admirably. In the broad field of New Orleans Jazz artists she is an extreme breath of fresh air, a unique musical commodity. Sweet and a little spicy, Zaorski adds a kick to a familiar recipe, but for the full effect, catch her after dark with a drink in your hand.
It's tough to make a mark on swinging standards like 'Bei Meir Bist Du Schoen," and on emotionally drenched tracks like 'Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" and Billie Holiday's aching 'Good Morning Heartache," but on her latest CD, "Hot Wax and Whiskey", Zaorski, along with other familiar downtown faces like Rob Wagner on sax, Jazz Vipers Robert Snow, Charlie Fardella and Bruce Brackman, along with the fresh touch of Washboard Chaz on a few tracks, (did Glenn Miller have a washboard?) does admirably. In the broad field of New Orleans Jazz artists she is an extreme breath of fresh air, a unique musical commodity. Sweet and a little spicy, Zaorski adds a kick to a familiar recipe, but for the full effect, catch her after dark with a drink in your hand.
