We've Only Just Begun

Reviewed: 2018-04-08
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Singer Pezzotti takes you back to a time where sheer beauty was valued beyond all else in jazz. Pezzotti's voice is a pure sound full of that elusive inner light, all without attempts to do something that has never been done before. Crossing frontier lines is noble, but there are simply times when you want to stay home and be comfortable and feel loved. She still knows how to find the joy in songs. Many of these songs are not from the Great American Songbook, but are inspired by them. That's Pezzotta's one-two punch, that she wrote many of these songs and made them sound just like those jazz standards.
If You Like: Ella Fitzgerald, Campian Fulton, Veronica Swift, Catherine Russell, Annie Ross
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ It Only Takes A Moment (2:34) – drums start> uptempo song> lightning fast piano solo> fast tempo song> crescendo end
*2/ We’ve Only Just Begun (4:53) – sax starts> midtempo song> sax solo swings uptempo> uptempo scat solo> piano solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
3/ Solo Tu (5:23) – sax starts> uptempo song> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo song> fade & crescendo end
*4/ That Way (4:40) – vocal starts> slow song swings to midtempo> piano solo> scat solo> midtempo song builds in volume> quick stop
5/ I Hope You Find Her (3:30) – piano starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> quick fade on vocal
6/ Nothing Good Happens After Midnight (6:03) – bass starts> slow song> midtempo instrumental break> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo song> fade on vocal
*7/ September In The Rain ( 5:41) – piano starts> midtempo song> scat solo> piano solo> sax solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
*8/ But Not For Me (4:35) – piano starts> slow song swings uptempo> piano solo> drum solo> uptempo song> slow fade
9/ Something I Dreamed Last Night (3:43) -percussion starts> midtempo song with soaring vocals> vocal crescendos twice and fades
**10/ Drunk On Love (5:13) - piano starts strong> > midtempo song> sax solo> bass solo> midtempo song> quick stop
**11/ Just One Of Those Things (3:45) – drum roll starts> slow song> scat solo swings to fast tempo> piano solo> uptempo song> quick stop
12/ Darn That Dream (6:02) – piano starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> pause> slow song> slow fade
***13/ Jackie (3:24) – piano starts> swinging fast tempo song> piano solo> sax solo> fast scat solo punctuated by drum fills> fast song> crescendo end