This Could Be The Start Of Something Big – 2023

Angela Verbrugge

A rousing performance from an up-and-coming jazz singer

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A top jazz singer and songwriter from Canada who by 2025 had recorded four well received albums, Angela Verbrugge has a strong and inviting voice, a solid sense of swing, and an adventurous spirit.

During a concert in Japan in 2023, she was joined by altoist Hiroki Mase, pianist Akane Matsumoto, bassist Yosuke Mitsuhashi, and drummer Takashi Sugawara.

Steve Allen, along with his many other talents, wrote literally thousands of songs.

His only hit song out of all of them was “This Could Be The Start Of Something Big.”

Angela Verbrugge takes the song quite uptempo, somehow sounding relaxed during a stirring performance that includes an explosive solo from altoist Mase.

-Scott Yanow

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