Reviewed: 2018-02-21
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This trio setting, comprised of voice, piano and guitar creates an openness and spaciousness in the arrangements which commands the listeners attention, not by an onslaught of sound but by the breathless expectation of what will happen next!
If You Like: Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Peter Sprague, Yelena Eckemoff
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Dreamsville (6:00) – bass starts> slow dreamy song> piano solo> slow song> slow fade
*2/ The Three Of Us (4:37) – guitar starts> slow song sells to midtempo> piano solo> slow song> slow fade
*3/ Canto Triste (7:08) – guitar/piano starts> cascading midtempo song builds to crescendo> guitar/piano duet> midtempo song slows to slow tempo> slows to fade
4/ Scarlatti Sonata In B Minor (2:52) – vocal starts with scat singing> midtempo song> fade
**5/ September In The Rain (5:20) – piano starts>midtempo song> piano/guitar duet swings uptempo> scat solo> uptempo song> melody shift to midtempo jam with chorus> quick fade
6/ Lonely Woman (5:03) – piano starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song with soaring vocal into crescendo> fade on piano
*7/ Zingaro (4:17) – guitar starts> midtempo song combined with scat singing & tribal rhythm> guitar/piano duet> midtempo song builds in volume> quick fade
8/ You Are There (4:10) – guitar starts> slow hesitating song> slow fade
*9/ Pensativa (6:46) – guitar starts> midtempo song with soaring vocals> guitar/piano duet> midtempo song> crescendo end
10/ Beyond The Years (5:33) – piano starts> slow song> guitar/piano duet swings uptempo>uptempo song slows to slow tempo> slow fade
*11/ Sometime Ago/ Children’s Song (3:3:50) -piano starts> midtempo song> piano/guitar duet> midtempo song with scat singing> quick fade