Beverley Beirne (vcl); Mike Cox (ten); Graham Hearn (pno); Ian Mann or Adrian Knowles (bs); Ronnie Bottomley (dms).Beverley Beirne is the latest aspiring jazz diva to roll off the seemingly endless conveyor belt onto an already over-crowded stage. Where are all these girls going to find venues to hawk their wares?
Ilkley based Ms Beirne manages to avoid being too stylised and the smoky, sultry, timbre of her voice, despite occasional lapses of intonation, is quite appealing, particularly the sense of ennui that The End of a Love Affair evokes - assisted by some supportive tenor from Cox
You're Looking At Me - a spritely, albeit self-deprecating, lyric from Bobby Troup - also works well. In fact, one of the album's strengths lies in the choice of material which avoids the hackneyed.
Welcome aboard Beverley - we'll just have to get a bigger stage! God knows what we'll do if the guys rush into jazz singing as enthusiastically as you gals!
Away from the vocals, the tenor and piano solos are delights in themselves and bass and drums keep the faith
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