Barb Jungr's Album Named One Of The Greatest
Barb Jungr's cult classic 'Every Grain of Sand' is one of 57 albums in Will Friedwald's new book 'The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums'. It is considered alongside albums by Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald in the book which promises to showcase the gold standard of twentieth-century jazz and pop albums.
Originally released in 2002 this insightful album established Jungr as one of the leading interpreters of the Bob Dylan songbook and entered the Top 10 'Jazz Album of the Year' lists in The Sunday Times and The Telegraph whilst the Wall Street Journal described it as '...the most significant vocal album of the 21st century thus far.' Fifteen years on this album is still riding high and securing its place in musical history.