Loving Hank

A longtime faculty member at the California Jazz Conservatory who also teaches privately, Poryes has released a number of albums focusing on her beautifully crafted original compositions. On the radiant "Loving Hank" she alternates between thoughtful arrangements of pop songs (Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now"), bebop anthems (Charlie Parker's "Confirmation") and standards (Vernon Duke's "Autumn in New York") with lyrically charged originals like the halting and disarmingly funky ballad "Phrases of the Moon."