Hannah Gill • Everyone Loves a Lover

At just 26 years old, Hannah Gill could hardly be better established as a performer. She’s toured the world twice with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ), having become a regular collaborator since their “Somebody That I Used to Know” cover shot her into the spotlight back in 2017. (That video has racked up 5.5 million views to date while follow-up “Crazy” scored double that figure, making Gill a bonafide viral sensation.) Having already got her foot in the door with pop outfit The Hours, Gill has since been promoted from the bullpen of mere jazz collaborators to the corner office of a fully fledged songstress, her name on the letterhead and some of the best instrumentalists lining up to staff her band. Everyone Loves a Lover is a perfect example of this, with pianist Gordon Webster and trumpeter Danny Jonokuchi recruited into Gill’s ranks for a twelve-track disc of swing classics. The selection comprises a superb mix of perennial favorites and less familiar tunes, with “Autumn Leaves” and “It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie” sitting alongside “Moonlight Savings Time” (a Blossom Dearie classic), “You Were Only Fooling” (Patsy Cline), and the title track, “Everyone Loves a Lover” (Doris Day). It even introduced me to a few tunes I’d never heard before, which is always very welcome. (It’s why I spend so much of my hard-earned dough on obscure LPs, a
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