Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women

Reviewed: 2018-04-18
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
If You Like: Aretha Franklin, Joan Armatrading> Lauta Nyro, Cecile McLorrin Salvant
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ So Good So Right – piano starts> slow song with chorus> sax solo swings to midtempo> slow fade
*2/ No Ordinary Love –bass starts> slow song> trumpet solo> slow song> quick stop
**3/ Give Me One Reason - horns start with big blast> rocking funky uptempo song> guitar solo> uptempo song> quick fade
4/ People Make The World Go Round – drums start> midtempo jam> midtempo song with trumpet> trumpet/vocal interchange> quick fade
*5/ Cherokee Louise – percussion/bass starts> midtempo song> piano solo> midtempo song with chorus swells in volume> > midtempo song swells in volume> fade
**6/ Hide And Seek – guitar starts> midtempo song swells uptempo with soaring vocals> piano solo> quick fade
7/ Gracias A La Vida – bass starts with twinkling synth> slow song in Spanish> guitar solo> midtempo song in Spanish> quick fade
8/ Just Wait – vocals start> midtempo song starts quietly & builds in volume> chorus kicks in & vocals soar, then mellow out> slows to fade
*9/ Child Of The Moon – piano starts slow> slow song sung quietly> sax solo builds in volume> slow song sung powerfully> slow fade
**10/ Under The Moon And Over The Sky – bass starts> slow song builds in volume & strength> chorus licks in & song swings uptempo on repetitive phrase & chanting> vocals soar> quick stop
11/ Transform – piano starts> slow song> builds in strength & volume, ten mellows> chorus kicks in> slow fade on vocal
12/ Oriana – piano starts> midtempo song> sax solo> midtempo song swells in volume> quick fade
**13/ This Woman’s Work – chorus starts acapella> slow acapella song with chorus> quick fade