Wall Street Journal Jazz Pick by Will Friedwald

“There are a zillion reasons to love Catherine Russell … doing justice to the legacies of such icons as Fats Waller and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as many sub-styles of the blues, from the more formal “classic” mode of Bessie Smith (“Kitchen Man”) to the jumping jive of Louis Jordan and Wynonie Harris (“Quiet Whiskey”) and the hardcore Chicago style of Howlin’ Wolf (“Spoonful”) … her record sessions are populated with the best of her time … all pause for the cause on her outstanding 2010 “Inside This Heart of Mine.”