Karen Ristuben delivers a uniquely blended, sultry styling of jazz, blues, and roots music. While Karen effortlessly handles the complicated intervals of Thelonius Monk and croons the ballads of Johnny Mercer, she provides her own steady rhythm on her Howard Roberts jazz guitar. Playing regularly on Boston's North Shore with some of the region's best jazz players, Karen brings a fresh sound to the standards and not-so-standard gems of the 20's, 30's and 40's. Her first CD, produced by Mason Daring, is due out in early 2008. On it she is joined by Duke Levine, Kevin Barry, Mark Earley, Marty Ballou, Per Hansen, Dave Mattacks, Brad Hatfield, Gus Sebring, Guy van Duser, and Billy Novick, among other Boston-area luminaries. Together, they have created a fresh new interpretation of tunes by Ellington, Monk,and Mason Daring himself.