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Lillian's latest effort 'Like a Lover' is a refreshing sound that takes me back to the days when music was music. You will find yourself in a musical trance - as the silky sounding voice of Lillian takes you on a musical journey. This CD is a refreshing departure from what I usually listen to, and I think it's good to take it back to a time where musicians were musicians and singer were singers. - Marvin Dickey
"Her voice is powerful and she is a credible actress." - Pat Launer
"Lillian Palmer is extremely appealing on stage. She has a warm charm that makes it easy for the audience to love her." - Patricia Morris
"Lillian is still magnetic and excellent in everything she does." - Welton Jones
"Her voice has substance and maturity, yet she retains a youthful quality, a lightness that refreshes these well-visited standards. Her phrasing and sense of timing are in the traditional mold of the jazzmen and jazz women of yesteryear. This is a top-notch recording from a capable and talented performer." - Paul Hormick
Thank you for a wonderful performance at both our Memorial and Banquet. Your grace and talent were very inspirational. - Kenneth J Miller San Diego 99 Reunion Chairman. - 11th Armored Cavalry's Veterans of Vietnam & Cambodia
You were absolutely fabulous and could not have done a better job bringing "a touch of home" to those sailors who have been deployed for six long months. - Regan R Wright. USO - USO
Your solo of Schubert's Ave Maria was spellbinding. We were truly awed by your magical performance of the Lord's Prayer. - Paul and Veselina Buie - their wedding. - Paul and Veselina Buie
Discography
Debut CD entitled "Like a Lover" released in the fall of 08. You can find this CD on itunes - rhapsody.com -and all major internet music sites, as well as CDbaby.com and at www.lillianpalmer.net. "Like a Lover" is receiving national airplay.
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Like a Lover is Lillian Palmer’s CD debut, arranged and produced by Grammy nominated Bill Cunliffe. Her vocal style is sensitive, deep and rich. Adding to the musical richness are strings, horns and a soulful rhythm section. When asked about her vocal style Lillian says. “I need to tell a story through the lyrics of the song. That tells me everything musically – direction, phasing and vocal coloring.” Lillian found her passion for singing at the age of eight. At fifteen she began a vocal study of classical music then moved into musical theatre. She discovered the Great American Songbook and a love for Gershwin, Porter and all the other wonderful writers. “That was it, I could be myself in this music. And those poetic and cleverly written lyrics. I was hooked!”
Lillian lived in Italy where she performed in nightclubs and cabaret venues. Feeling a bit home sick after four years she returned to her native California where she followed the singing and acting track. Ms. Palmer has appeared on stage at the Tony award winning theatre The Old Globe in San Diego, Cassius Carter Theatre, and The Lawrence Welk Resort as well as concert halls in Southern California. The East Country Performing Arts Center, and the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. She performs regularly in the corporate event market. Also the leader of the vocal quartet Party of 4, singing the music from the Big Band era, jazz, 50s, 60s and contemporary vocal harmony. A member of AEA, AFTRA. Lillian makes her home now in Southern California.
REVIEWS: What others are saying about Lillian Palmer -
“Her voice has substance and maturity, yet she retains a youthful quality, a lightness that refreshes these well-visited standards. This is a top-notch recording from a capable and talented performer.” - Paul Hormick, San Diego Troubadour Magazine
"Like a lover is a refreshing sound that takes me back to the days of Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and other great singers from that era. When music was music. You will find yourself in a musical trace - as the silky sounding Lillian takes you on a musical journey. - Marvin Dickey, theurbanmusicscene.com
About track 4, Swinging on the Moon - "Overall it's cookin'. I got a hint of Sarah Vaughan with her vocals. I'm impressed with her singing, it's almost like a saxophone or a clarinet. - San Diego Reader, as I hear it the man on the street.
"Lillian Palmer has done a very auspicious debut. Great tunes, great singing, and what a cover!! Totally something for a late night with the fireplace roaring. A total pleasure to work on this project with her. She's great!!" - Bill Cunliffe Producer/Arranger
"This CD is a masterful collaboration in perfect simpatico, combining the pristine lyricism of jazz singer Lillian Palmer with wonderful accompaniment by arranger/pianist Bill Cunliffe, Lillian Palmer is the real deal. Her beautiful and exquisite vocals, plus Cunliffe's acute sensitivity, whether it's a song he's arranged for lush strings or a swinging jazz group, makes me feel like this CD should definitely be in "Grammyland”. There are no rookies here." - Shep Myers, pianist
" I thought your vocals are about as musical and warm to the ear as possible. A real musical keeper in our CD collection." - Dr. Robert Fleming ASU Associate Director of Bands Emeritus.
"Lillian is still magnetic and excellent in everything she does" - Welton Jones, San Diego Union
"Lillian Palmer is extremely appealing on stage. She has a warm charm that makes it easy for the audience to love her." - Patricia Morris, The Daily Californian.
"Her voice is powerful and she is a credible actress." - Pat Launer, San Diego Tribune
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