Aimée Allen – vocal, Romero Lubambo
– guitar, Toru Dodo –piano & Fender Rhodes, Francois Moutin - bass, Jacob
Melchior – drums, Scott Ritchie – bass .
(Review by Debra M)
‘Matter
of Time’ is New York chanteuse Aimée Allen’s fourth CD, and
brings together her Latin-steeped repertoire of jazz standards with some original
compositions. She collaborated with some
fine musicians in this project, including Brazilian guitar maestro Romero
Lubambo , who has previously recorded with artists such as Dianne Reeves,
Astrud Gilberto, & Al Jarreau. He features
in the title track & in 3 duets,
notably Jobim’s ‘Corcovado’. The strongest original piece is ‘Soul Cargo’, a grooving waltz inspired by Allen’s travels, featuring Francois Moutin on bass, and with hand percussion from Melchior. Standards are given fresh treatment, with a pared down & lively rendition of ‘Close Your Eyes’, where Allen is accompanied by outstanding double bass, & great brushwork from Melchior . Moutin again features initially as sole backing for the vocal in Rogers & Harts’ ‘My Romance’, delivered assuredly in 5/4. In a more traditional interpretation, the singer & piano trio led by Toru Dodo really get swinging on ‘Out of Nowhere’. Allen’s warm, supple & relaxed vocals are well suited to the variety of material, & with the help of some great musicians, she has made a fine album.
Debra M.
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