Take It With Me

An accomplished songstress from New York, Sunny Ozell has set out to showcase her special vocal talents across a spectrum of pieces by songwriters both legendary and little-known in her debut album TAKE IT WITH ME. A classically trained vocalist, Ozell found her voice performing in New York City clubs in front of the most discerning of audiences. There she honed her sound with elements of jazz, blues, and American roots as part of the city’s tight-knit musical community. It is that moment in time with her fellow musicians in New York that Ozell captures in TAKE IT WITH ME.

It was in New York eight years ago that she serendipitously met her husband, Sir Patrick Stewart. Between their two busy schedules, Ozell works to make time for live performances and will also be planning a tour in support of TAKE IT WITH ME in the near future. The album fulfills its ambition to be no more or less than a collection of great songs. It’s even something of an education in the way it pulls together pieces from different styles and different eras, by writers old and new. “I do love the process of interpretation,” enthuses Ozell. “I love making something mine. I think first you have to figure out what makes the tune special and why you like it. Then you need to find out what it is that needs to stay the same and then what can you bring to it to make it yours, while leaving it untouched in all the right ways.” She achieved this on the album’s title song, a haunting Tom Waits composition in which the singer bids a nostalgic farewell to the most valuable things he, or she, has known in their lifetime. In Ozell’s restrained and insightful performance, it becomes almost unbearably poignant.