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"Celebrated and critically acclaimed L.A. based vocal stylist Sharon Marie Cline has released a live album and holiday project in the past, but those were simply prelude to her glorious emergence as a recording artist with this an exquisite and romantic collection that allows her to declare, on the dreamy and sensual, flute spiced title track, one of two lush originals among 10 well chosen interpretations of classics, that “This Is Where I Wanna Be.” Cline’s triumph lies in her effortless breezing from easy swinging (“Happy Talk,” an inspired choice from SOUTH PACIFIC) to Bossa (“Love Dance,” “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars”) to blues (“You Don’t Know What Love Is”). When you listen, you too will declare, THIS IS WHERE I WANNA BE!" JONATHAN WIDRAN

"Sharon Marie Cline is now in a constant presence in clubs of Los Angeles and with her third album became a singer of international dimensions. Her sultry and seductive voice, somewhere between Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone is expressed in those twelve tracks that contain ninety years of history, between Broadway and contemporary pop with a Brazilian touch. This is a singer who knows how to turn on everything she comes in touch with. ... Despite the cover of the album showing a photo that makes her look like one of the young singers looking for success on TV, Sharon Marie Cline is a singer who is very interesting and expressive, mature and sensual. She looks cute but she has a voice even more beautiful than everything else!"

“Sharon Marie is a favorite in LA's Jazz club scene. She preforms regularly with the finest jazz musicians in the most exclusive rooms on the West Coast.”

"Her velvety voice caresses Ivan Lins’ “Love Dance” and Tom Jobim’s Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars” with Brazilian charm, and makes them fit in like a puzzle along with swing era pieces like “If Dreams Come True.” She does some marvelous things with Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Happy Talk” and sounds convincingly vulnerable on “How Long Has This Been Going On.” Eames’ own “This is Where I Wanna Be” has some impressive lyrics by the vocalist, making you hope she does a release of her own material. You’ll like her!" George W. Harris

“Sharon's a great example of a singer who knows how to bring an audience into her universe. She wins her way into your heart the first time you hear her."

FAME Review: "At first, in Ivan Lins' Love Dance, Sharon Marie Cline's style seems to be one of near-melismatics and evanescence, the sort of music you want to drift off to under a canopy of stars and dreamy eyes, a nice long 6-minute immersion in gentle hedonisms. ... ... Don't just dig the eros of the disc's ambiance, don't merely melt into the frequent etherealities, but also pay heed to the architecture of every cut and see where Sharon Cline's jazz heart really is, because, as much as her accompanists are on the spot and the music beguiling, it's her and Eames' architecting that really make This is Where I Wanna Be what it is."

"Vocalist Sharon Marie Cline reaffirms her status of being one of the best singers of today with her new album "This Is Where I Wanna Be". Accompanied by the band she rehashes romantic compositions in her own style, giving them a glimpse of love, passion and dreams. She is presenting her new CD in cities across The North..." - Luis Raul Montell

"This Is Where I Wanna Be" has some of the best musicians in LA."

"Cline is known for performing at exclusive clubs and has a loyal following, she stays tapped into today's technology continuously navigating new ways to keep in close touch with her fans. She has designed an artist app for smartphones that allows her fans to stay in touch by not only joining her social network but keeping up with her upcoming engagements as well as purchase downloads from her music catalogue and more."

"This Is Where I Wanna Be is a collection of a dozen popular ballads, each with a romantic theme. Cline's voice is warm, smoky and peaceful, pairing well with the lyrics and the band. She's a new voice on the LA Jazz club scene and quickly gaining attention and notoriety. "Sugar On My Lips" is a fine example of Cline's personalization of the songs. Co-producer Rich Eames (p), Jon Stuart (perc) and Cline did an excellent job with the arrangements. Other highlights are "You Don't Know What Love Is", "Quiet Nights" and "Why Can't You Behave?"

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"Cline does a fine job making each song her own. "Sugar on My Lips" features a sexy blues guitar by Jacques Lesure. Cline sings "Laughter in the Rain" in a breathy, confidential way, as though she's sharing secrets with her best friend."

"Originally a lighthearted song about lovers in the rain, Cline turns it into a moody and seductive slow dance that leads to some optimistic improvised lyrics and vocalizations at the end – almost as if the sun is just about to peek out from the clouds. That’s a perfect metaphor for Cline’s emergence. This is where jazz vocal fans are going to want to be too!" - Jonathan Widran

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"Carrying on the smoky-voiced tradition of an artist like the late, great Sarah Vaughan, Los Angeles-based songstress Sharon Marie Cline paints her way through a program of a dozen classic and original tunes on her new album, This Is Where I Wanna Be. Her phrasing is inventive, often creatively arresting. Her interpretations are molded emotionally and musically rich. This is a voice to be reckoned with."

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"From the moment I walked in the door I knew I was in the right place, as the band was in the middle of a scorching version of Bobby Timmons’ great standard, “Moanin".

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"The kind of gal that brings a sound that’ll pack ‘em in at the clubs, she’s a little bit out of the times but very much a part of her own time zone. Jazz vocal that’s not afraid to move out of it’s comfort zone, this set delivers the goods quite nicely, engagingly entertaining throughout." - Chris Spector, Editor and Publisher

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Sharon Marie Cline brings a refreshing approach to jazz vocal standards

"My encounter with Sharon Marie Cline’s This is Where I Wanna Be,” an album she produced with her pianist and musical director Rich Eames, was, for the most part, a pleasant surprise. ...There is a scat break in “If Dreams Come True” in which she sings in unison with the saxophone work of Bram Glik; and their synchrony could not have been more impressive.

The title has its source in the final track on the album, “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars,” which is the English-language version that Gene Lees wrote as lyrics for Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “Corcovado.” However, it is also the title of a new song that Eames composed for this new album with words by Cline. Aside from the bossa nova beat, the new song has nothing in common with either Jobim’s tune or Lees’ words. It is distinctly original and, located as the mid-point track, provides both anticipation and complementation for the way in which the album ends. Taken as a whole, This is Where I Wanna Be leaves me with some hope that my standards for jazz vocal technique have not yet been totally abandoned." - Stephen Smoliar, Classical Music Examiner