Let's Sail Away

Reviewed: 2017-12-30
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Whether or not you’re a vocal fan, here’s an album that is a swinger’s delight. Veronica Swift has a rich, confident and wide ranging voice, and teams it up well with the tenor sax of Jeff Rupert on this collection of standards and originals.
If You Like: Stan Getz, Annie Ross, Ella Fitzgerald, Hot Sardines
Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Pernod (2:38) - uptempo & swinging jam with scat vocals> quick stop
*2/ Let's Sail Away (4:04) - sax starts> midtempo song> piano solo swings uptempo> sax solo goes mellow then swings uptempo again> uptempo song> quick fade
3/ Pennies from Heaven (4:43) - sax starts> uptempo song> quick fade
*4/ Ginza Samba (5:46) = drums start> fast tempo jam with scat singing> quick stop
5/ Beauty Becomes Her (6:36) - vocal starts> slow tempo song> piano solo> sax solo> slow song> fade on vocal
*6/ Rhapsody In Blue (10:35) - drums start> midtempo midtempo jam quickly slides intoslow tempo romp with muted horns up front then shifts gears into fast tempo jam> sax solo> scat solo> piano solo slows to a crawl> midtempo instrumental jam slows again> scat singing joins> fade
*7/ Home Blues (4:51) - piano starts> slow tempo song swings to midtempo> sax solo> midtempo song> slow fade
*8/ Vou Deitar e Rolar/Aviso Aos Navegantes (3:46) - drums/piano start> uptempo song with Latin vibe> short sax solo> uptempo song> quick fade on vocal
9/ My Mistress' Eyes (4:20) - vocal starts> slow tempo song> sultry sax solo> piano solo> slow song & fade
10/ piano starts> midtempo song> sax solo soars> piano solo> midtempo song> quick fade