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Naama Gheber: You're Driving Me Crazy

By C. Michael Bailey
July 15, 2022
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Track review of "You're Driving Me Crazy"

Vocalist

Naama Gheber

vocals
b.1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Naama Gheber continues to release singles from her upcoming recording, If I Knew Then, presently due to drop in November 2022. She has previously released the singles "Old Mother Hubbard" and I'm A Fool To Want You. Staying in the same orbit with The Great American Songbook, Gheber affords us the 1930 Walter Donaldson composition, "You're Driving Me Crazy."

This song has been a popular feature in film, finding its way into cartoons featuring Betty Boop, Silly Scandals (Paramount, 1931) and Fleischer Studios 1931 cartoon Screen Songs; the 1991 film The Marrying Man (Buena Vista Pictures) performed by

Alan Paul

vocals
b.1949

" data-original-title="" title="">Alan Paul from

The Manhattan Transfer

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">The Manhattan Transfer; and the 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Independent Pictures, 2005) performed by

Dianne Reeves

vocals
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Dianne Reeves.

Supported by the traditional jazz piano trio—pianist

Ben Paterson

piano
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Paterson, bassist

Neal Miner

bass, acoustic
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Neal Miner, and drummer

Evan Sherman

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Evan Sherman—who establish a light samba beat, Gheber pulls out her youthful sassiness, singing the song with a laconic, good-natured voice until the band switches to double-time and she picks up the slack. Moving up a step, Gheber approaches scat for a chorus with a robust pleasure before dropping back into a stripper vamp to close the song. Gheber is proving to be a master of tempo and nuance, expertly molding her singing to the wants and needs of the lyrics.

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Personnel

Naama Gheber

vocals

Ben Paterson

piano

Neal Miner

bass, acoustic

Evan Sherman

drums

Album information

Title: If I knew Then | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Sassy’s In Town

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