The gorgeous album cover is a lot to live up to. Happily for us, on her new release Expressions, vocalist Antonia Bennett does, with style to spare. Antonia Bennett fully inhabits each note, each lyric, indeed, even every rest.. She is subtle, sincere, and pays each song the highest compliment possible: she trusts the material.

A strength is Bennett’s confidence, such that she allows the other players to share and illuminate the experience. She also hints at a wide variety of influences in her approach to the music, keeping the listening experience a lively affair. Bennett is surrounded by a stellar band, including: Christian Jacob (piano / keyboards); Larry Koonse (guitar); Kevin Axt (bass); Kendall Kay (drums); Randy Brecker (trumpet); David Thomas (background vocalis).