To preview Blue Martini Jazz MP3 demos, click on the links below: 1. The Night We Called It A Day 2. Save Your Love For Me 3. The Masquerade Is Over 4. Solar 5. Blue Motel Room 6. All Is Quiet Sometimes, as if by the evening's design, you stumble upon the perfect night spot. The sign says Blue Martini, yet cool sips and an indigo mood are but the first sensations rippling through the foyer. As rhythms begin to sizzle, you realize there's cooking going on in there. Clearly, this unique joint has a flavor all its own; a delicate, crisp and classic cocktail backed by the meaty satiety of a bop chophouse... the kind of place where people become regulars simply because they'd never dream of leaving. The very essence of taste lies somewhere within the dance between Jeanine Mackie's warm but wise torch stylings and the lyrical, Parker-esque impressionism that Pat Perez weaves around her as effortless supporting color. While familiar, the word "standard" hardly applies to any of their fare as they so own every story they tell as if for the first time. Bobbing along a lush yet strikingly solid trio presence that should satisfy any and all rhythmic or harmonic cravings, these two seasoned voices elevate to become a third. Intermingled, they cast a glowing vignette around both the most timeless and immediate emotions of the idiom. Like all good jazz, theirs is city worn, love weary and matter of fact in a way that nevertheless emerges hopeful. Such are the finest ingredients that reveal sophisticated sensitivity and a honed appreciation for nothing less than the finest of everything. The only question that remains is... shaken or stirred? Steve Greaves, Hollywood California, March 2007