Whether it's her left hand playing the bass notes on piano, or the double bass player thumpingly walking through chords, I absolutely love the mixture of her vocals with bass. Their disparity provides perfect separation, and yet it is surprisingly easy for the song to coalesce into one sound. Instead of a rich sound-scape, I'm able to appreciate the song as a whole, simultaneously hearing and enjoying each element. She speeds through lyrics, stopping frequently to add a tasteful vibrato in line with the jumpy piano. And when she stops singing, she can let loose with a flurry of piano notes as you will see in Jump Monk (it's also quite a showcase for the bassist Matt Wigton). This quote describes her better than I could ever hope to do so: “"Ella Fitzgerald on speed beating the shit out of Regina Spektor" – Rolling Stone
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Jump Monk / A Constellation of Endeavors
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