Blue Skies

[Machine Translation] In 2023, "Poor Butterfly" from this album was included in the vocal compilation "For Jazz Vocal Fans Only Vol. 6," and Yasukuni Terashima wrote of her voice, "The high range of her voice is uncommonly beautiful. Yasukuni Terashima described her singing voice as "beautiful and unusual in the high range of her voice. If she sang any higher, she would go bankrupt. Peg's vocal ability as well as her husband, Bill Carothers, who plays the piano, make B-class standards sound like "such good songs. The piano performance by her husband, Bill Carothers, was a hidden gem, and the piano trio's transparency, glamour, and mystery were perfectly suited to her songs. Now, under the supervision of Yasukuni Terashima, a new Japanese edition has been released with a new song order. If you like female vocalists, you must listen to this album!

2023年にリリースしたヴォーカル・コンピレーション『For Jazz Vocal Fans Only Vol.6』にこのアルバムから「Poor Butterfly」が収録された。その際、寺島靖国は彼女の歌声を「声の高域が尋常ではなく美しい。これ以上高い声を出すと破綻するんじゃないか。その瀬戸際で踏みとどまる技量」と評している。B級スタンダードを「こんないい曲だったのか」と感じせるペグのヴォーカリストとしての力量はもちろん、ピアノを弾いているのは旦那のビル・キャロザーズ。透明で艶めいていて神秘的で彼女の歌にはうってつけのピアノトリオの演奏と相まって、隠れた名盤となっていた。この度、寺島靖国監修のもと曲順を新たに日本盤をリリース。女性ヴォーカル好きならば必聴の一枚!