Lorraine Shannon is a well-known
South African pianist and singer. The album features 20 lovely
interpretations of classic pop songs, produced and arranged by
Mauritz Lotz. At first Lorraine Shannon had to be coerced a little
into recording this album, but Robert Schroder did the convincing,
and the executive producing, and it was well worth the effort.
There is one original composition,
'A Moment Of Love' among the other beautifully performed piano-based
instrumental versions of songs like 'Your Song', 'Unchained Melody',
and 'Unbreak My Heart'. There is also a very special version of
the song 'Charlie', the huge Rabbitt hit written by Patric van
Blerk and Trevor Rabin. Shannon's interpretation impressed Rabin
enough to result in him providing an accompanying guitar section.
Other guest spots include trumpeter
Marcus Wyatt on 'Nature Boy', vocalist Juanita Kruger on 'All
By Myself', vocalist Jannie Moolman on 'Your Song' and Mauritz
Lotz duets on guitar on 'Somethin' Stupid'. Lotz played all the
guitars on the album and Lorraine Shannon played piano, keyboards,
and adds some haunting vocal effects. The other musicians on the
album are Denny Lalouette (bass), Neill Ettridge (drums), and
Bruce Wallace (drums).
Lorraine has toured Germany, Hong
Kong, Switzerland, South Africa and Singapore and played at the
Woodstock Revival and also at The Price's Trust in front of Prince
Charles. More recently, late in 2004, Lorraine won the equivalent
of a Grammy in South Africa.
