may I come in
Track Listing:
1 The Song is You 2:47
2 This is Always 4:22
3 Baubles, Bangles, & Beads 3:04
4 Moonlight 5:29
5 Tulip or Turnip 4:04
6 May I Come In? 5:13
7 Waiter, Make Mine Blues 3:50
8 Unless It's You 4:55
9 Lover Come Back to Me 4:13
10 There'll Be Another Spring 4:49
Arranged & Conducted by Mike Lewis
Performers:
Lisanne Lyons - vocals
John Toomey - piano
John Hart - guitar
Chuck Bergeron - bass
Mike Harvey - drums
BAND 1 (1,4-7):
Billy Ross & Ismael Vergara - alto sax
Dr. Ed Calle & David Fernandez - tenor sax
Mike Brignola - baritone sax
Ryan Chapman (lead), Cisco Dimas, Rodrigo Gallardo & Bobby Keating - trumpet
Seth Weaver, Steve Sigmund, Jason Pyle & Chris Lundquist (bass) - trombone
BAND 2 (2,3,8-10):
John Michalak & Peter Brewer - alto sax
Billy Ross - flute (8)
Tom McCormick, Randy Emerick & Dr. Ed Calle (3,10) - tenor sax
Mike Brignola - baritone sax
Ryan Chapman (lead), Bobby Keating, Peter Francis & Michael Hankins - trumpet
Steve Sigmund, Jason Pyle, Ruben Caban & John Kricker (bass) - trombone
STRINGS (2,8,10):
Jeremy Miller & Mei Mei Luo - violin
Debbie Spring - viola
Production Info:
Produced by Mike Lewis & Hal Batt
Recorded by Hal Batt
at Criteria Studios & Afterhours Studios, North Miami, FL
During Dec. 2022, Dec. 2023, Jan. 2024
Mixed by Hal Batt / Mastered by Jake Batt
at Afterhours Studio
Add. editing by Ryan Chapman
Contractor: Steve Sigmund
Cover photo by Suzette Niess Photography
Studio photos by Ryan Chapman
Cover design & layout by John Bishop
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"...sparkling, scintillating jazz singing... No matter what she's performing, be prepared to hear it differently than it's usually played."
– All Music Guide
May I Come In
Arranged and conducted by Mike Lewis · OA2 Records · 2026
Spotify Apple MusicTen standards, one big band
Back in front of the band
Ten songs from the Great American Songbook, reimagined for big band and strings by Mike Lewis.
Recorded at Criteria Studios and Afterhours Studios in Miami across three sessions, May I Come In is Lisanne Lyons at full voice: swinging on The Song Is You, lush on This Is Always, and digging into rarities like Ellington's Tulip or Turnip and Anita O'Day's Waiter, Make Mine Blues. Her longtime pianist John Toomey is at her side; Dr. Ed Calle, Cisco Dimas and strings join along the way.
Produced by Mike Lewis and Hal Batt. Released February 2026 on OA2 Records (OriginArts).
Read the reviewsThe players
Rhythm section
Lisanne Lyons vocals
John Toomey piano
John Hart guitar
Chuck Bergeron bass
Mike Harvey drums
Strings (2, 8, 10)
Jeremy Miller and Mei Mei Luo, violin
Debbie Spring, viola
Band one (1, 4 to 7)
Billy Ross and Ismael Vergara, alto sax
Dr. Ed Calle and David Fernandez, tenor sax
Mike Brignola, baritone sax
Ryan Chapman (lead), Cisco Dimas, Rodrigo Gallardo and Bobby Keating, trumpet
Seth Weaver, Steve Sigmund, Jason Pyle and Chris Lundquist (bass), trombone
Band two (2, 3, 8 to 10)
John Michalak and Peter Brewer, alto sax
Billy Ross, flute (8)
Tom McCormick, Randy Emerick and Dr. Ed Calle (3, 10), tenor sax
Mike Brignola, baritone sax
Ryan Chapman (lead), Bobby Keating, Peter Francis and Michael Hankins, trumpet
Steve Sigmund, Jason Pyle, Ruben Caban and John Kricker (bass), trombone
Production
Produced by Mike Lewis and Hal Batt
Recorded by Hal Batt at Criteria Studios and Afterhours Studios, North Miami, FL (Dec. 2022, Dec. 2023, Jan. 2024)
Mixed by Hal Batt, mastered by Jake Batt at Afterhours Studio
Additional editing by Ryan Chapman · Contractor: Steve Sigmund
Design
Cover photo by Suzette Niess Photography
Studio photos by Ryan Chapman
Cover design and layout by John Bishop
OA2 Records 22248
"No matter the tempo, Lyons nails each number."Joe Lang, New Jersey Jazz Society
"Sparkling, scintillating jazz singing."All Music Guide
"Dressed to kill."George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly