Melody Gardot’s newly released fourth album ‘Currency of Man’ debuted at No. 1 on the US, Canadian, and Australian Jazz Charts.  With its funky bass rhythms, retro-soul brass arrangements, euphoric gospel singers and esoteric orchestrations, the songs on ‘Currency of Man’ transport us back to the late Sixties and early Seventies.  The songs remind her listeners that while often compared to such musical icons as Nina Simone, Judy Garland, Miles Davis, Edith Piaf, Astrud  Gilberto, Stan Getz and others, Melody Gardot is a unique talent with a beautiful voice and a well-earned reputation as one of the great live performers touring today.