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"Good Morning Kiss" was the perfect introduction over two decades ago to Carmen Lundy, excellent jazz vocalist who too often goes unheralded.



Good Morning Kiss was the album that she produced on a label she created back in 1985. Included here is also the perfect "Perfect Strangers" a song often performed by multi-talented Ilene Kristen in her cabaret act. Lundy encouraged Ilene to do it and Kristen does it perfect justice.



"Kiss" does everything it is supposed to about the morning after the night before when two people came together.



"Strangers" makes the perfect segue'--and "Love For Sale" demonstrates Ms Lundy's ability to sell a good song.



Selling a good song is simply celebrating the human experience and making it beautiful just as photographer Jeff Palmer did with these beautiful black and white photos.

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