Back in the heyday of the Big Band era, the trade journals would conduct polls, allowing readers to vote for their favorite "sweet" and "swing" band. "Sweet" connoted a somewhat sentimental sound while "swing" referred to a harder driving beat with improvised solos. Many of my song choices and instrumental decisions for this CD have been inspired by those bands and the popular music of the 30's, 40's and 50's. Had I been a girl singer (a "canary") back then, I would have had a very hard time deciding which kind of band to front, and an even harder time voting for my favorites!
   Lynn DiMenna is in her eighth year as host/producer of Welcome To The Club, a radio show heard on WRTN-93.5 FM and WVOX-1460AM in Westchester and now on the Internet.
  She has interviewed many of today's top cabaret, Broadway and jazz performers including Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Feinstein, Luci Arnaz, Chita Rivera, Bobby Short, and Steve March Torme. She recently became the voice for the American Classic Radio Network whose shows are syndicated on 177 stations throughout the country. She made her debut with the show this spring with her first guest, Mercedes Ellington.
   As a performer, she has appeared in many of the area's finest cabarets and supper clubs including Danny's Starlight Room, Judy's Supper Club, the Red Blazer, and two consecutive Mother's Days at the world famous Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel. She has been a featured vocalist with the Stan Rubin Orchestra and has also made guest appearances with the Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller Orchestras. This spring she will appear with the world famous Count Basie Band at a benefit for the National Lymphedema Network, Inc.