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Jazz vocalist Rob Keiter offers hope and healing in
The Glory of Love

His debut collection of classic love songs is due October 26th

Oklahoma City, OK: As Rob Keiter stood at the microphone in the vocal booth recording his vocals for "This Nearly Was Mine," the opening track of his The Glory of Love album, a torrential flood of tears burst forth unexpectedly. Although he could not contain his raw emotions while singing the heartfelt words about love lost, he sang anyway. What was captured on the recording was something special and it established the tone for the entire collection of classic love songs in jazz settings, which will be released by Sketchin Records on October 26th.

"When I finished singing, I went into the control room to try to explain what happened. Everyone was silent. They felt it. The song ("This Nearly Was Mine") was recorded in one take. We agreed not to record it again, that what we got was genuine and could not be duplicated," revealed Keiter.


Keiter's voice is suave, sophisticated, and silky smooth yet rich with feeling and warmth. Although The Glory of Love is distinctly jazz - contemporary, swing and straight-ahead - Keiter and The Whitlock's culled material with jazz, pop, R&B and even theatrical roots. He recorded jazzy versions of eleven songs written by the likes of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Neil Sedaka, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, and a pair of songs each by Hal David & Burt Bacharach and Stevie Wonder. The Whitlock's penned an original song, "Grateful For A Pleasant Trip," specifically for Keiter. Backing the crooner in the studio was a fine cast of musicians including Grammy winner Randy Brecker (trumpet), Rob Whitlock (piano), Pat Kelley (guitar), Trey Henry (bass), Cliff Almond (drums), Amber Whitlock (vocals) and a horn section consisting of Wayne Bergeron (trumpet and flugelhorn), Andy Martin (trombone) and John Rekevics (saxes and flutes).