Brenda Bufalino
«DANCING MY DANCE»
«in another person's dream»

• Brenda Bufalino - voice, taps and concertina
• Cary DeNigris - guitar
• Mark Josefsberg - vibes
• Joe Fonda - double bass

1. Hit It 4:52
2. Flame 6:06
3. The Beginning 7:39
4. Secret Love 6:07
5. Tea For Two 9:50
6. Night Cry 9:19
7. Midnight Sun 8:42
8. Dancing My Dance 6:00
9. I Thought About You 7:33
10. Too Tall, Too Small Blues 5:53
11. Always 4:32

CD Reviews

• Steven Loewy for Cadence Magazine

Steven Loewy for Cadence Magazine (excerpt)

Tap dancers with a strong Jazz orientation are a rarity these days so it is a pleasure to hear BRENDA BUFALINO'S upbeat, joyous celebration of her art ... Bufalino wrote most of the pieces ... and she fully exploits the light but effective instrumentation (Bufalino, voice, taps, concertina; Joe Fonda, bass; Cary DeNigris, guitar; Mark Josefsberg, vibes.) Bufalino describes Joe Fonda as a long-time collaborator and he adds a depth and sophistication both as an ensemble player and as a soloist. Bufalino's greatest strengths are her dance steps, with their excellent sense of rhythm; and her style, with a near perfect sense of timing. She alternates between singing and speaking, and although her voice has occasional difficulties with intonation, it compensates with a maturity that infuses her art with a deep sense of life and emotion. Often she defers to the trio of vibes, guitar and bass (an instrumentation that she says in the liners she always wished to use with her taps,) who present a delightful, swinging backdrop. Bufalino adds humor to her lyrics and her original words are rarely trite. Her "Night Cry" is described as a solo looped improvisation, but it is hardly as radical as it appears, although the fancy footwork fuels the vocals. The unique vocal on Irving Berlin's "Always" is beguilingly subtle, but it is the slow-motion version of "Tea For Two" that takes the cake.

Reprinted from Brenda's site. Copyright © 2006 Cadence Magazine and Steven Loewy.

CD Reviews

All reviews written by Steven Loewy:

1. Nu Band: Live at the Bop Shop, Rochester, NY
2. Mark Whitecage's Other Quartet: Consensual Tension
3. Joe Fonda Quintet: Full Circle Suite
4. Williams-Robertson-Stevens-Fonda-Sorgen: When the Lost Becomes Found
5. Fonda/Stevens Group: Live at the Bunker
6. Fonda/Stevens Group: The Healing
7. Conference Call: Variations On A Master Plan
8. Anthony Braxton: Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994
9. Brenda Bufalino: Dancing My Dance In Another Person's Dream