"...a rich and swinging affair, with powerful, impeccably performed arrangements...Music full of joy..." - Peter Eldridge, New York Voices. With Nancy Wilson & George Shearing's "The Swingin's Mutual," as a model, Washington, DC-based vocalist Darden Purcell and co-producer, arranger, guitarist & husband Shawn Purcell, envisioned a modern take on that quintessential 1960s sound for her third recording as a leader. Enlisting the dynamic New York vibraphonist Joe Locke, along with pianist Todd Simon, Jeff Reed on bass and drummer Todd Harrison, her sextet tackles the virtuosic soli passages of Shawn's arrangement of "Willow Weep for Me." Locke's haunting introduction sets up the poignant reading of "You've Changed," and the band swings hard behind Darden's rapid-fire, Annie Ross-inspired lyrics on "Chatterbox." "Whether deftly delivering lyrics, or joining the ensemble in intricate musical lines, Darden is completely at ease and in control...this is music making at the highest level." - Alan Baylock