Roberta didn’t set out to call the new album ‘So In Love,’ but looking back at the song list after the recording, she realized that the “album is all about love: the love between a man and a woman, the love of song, children, and most of all, the love of life.” As Roberta explains, she rarely goes into the studio with a “concept for what the project should be. I try to let the songs come out of a balance between life experience and reflection, and I end up performing the music I feel in the moment. It goes without saying that to be allowed this freedom, the freedom of singing what you feel, you have to have exceptionally talented, sensitive, and sympathetic musicians with you.” All great singers try to surround themselves with the world’s finest musicians and Roberta is no exception. On ‘So In Love,’ recorded by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios in the summer and fall of 2008, Roberta’s extraordinarily pliable vocal skills, unerring musicality, and improvisational inventiveness are backed by none other than James Moody, Roy Hargrove, Tamir Hendelman, Eric Gunnison, Gerald Clayton, Chuck Berghofer, Neil Swainson, George Mraz, Jake Hanna, Al Foster, Montez Coleman, and Jeff Hamilton. Unlike many other singers, though, she didn’t just hire the best musicians money can buy or have producers who put together a band for her. Roberta honed her craft and built her reputation and relationships on the road – like all true great musicians – touring and performing with Ron Carter, Her