This CD provides a feast of Latin jazz, original songs sung in a pleasing delicately-toned voice, to skilled accompaniment, including of course the typical Latin percussion. The music and lyrics are mostly the work of our singer with some input from her husband Bradley Parker-Sparrow and also Fareed Haque. The lyrics are philosophical, romantic and quite clever.
For instance the opening track Surrender is all about going with the flow, a relaxed song with some spoken lines, some wordless singing and superb guitar; Accidental Melody is a salsa; Apart comments on the pandemic and is slower and reflective; A Shooting Star has a tango feel, with high speed guitar and a bass solo.
The Melody of You is a love song with just voice and piano; The Cuckoo Clock is a duet with guitar, the latter amusingly imitating a cuckoo clock; Sound is a cleverly improvised track sung to random instrumental sounds; Lafayette concerns a journey and the album is neatly rounded off with a slower Latin song about the pandemic, which fades out gradually with wordless singing.
This is actually the thirteenth CD by Ms Pallatto and the fourth album of all original music. She has been a mainstay on the Chicago music scene for more than 44 years and has run a recording studio with her husband for almost 40 years so has expertise in music production. She is a versatile singer who has also sung jingles for commercials and does voice-over work. She hails from a musical family and has performed as a jazz vocalist in Chicago and New York City.
The album will be released on May 19 on the Southport Records label and will be available via most sources. Ann Alex
Surrender; Accidental Melody; Apart; You Think You Know; A Shooting Star; The Melody of You; Don't Ever Look For Love; The Cuckoo Clock; In the Middle Of Life; Sound; Lafayette; Keeping Track of Time; The Lost Year
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Thanks a million for the review of my new CD, Accidental Melody! I'm thrilled to be in such good company! With Music and Appreciation, Joanie Pallatto
Well Joanie, I can't, in honesty, take the credit as it was written by one of my colleagues - Ann Alex. Still, I respect and agree with Ann's judgement so thank you.
Lance, I'm glad you agree with Ann Alex! Yes, I saw her name in the review. Please pass along my sincere thanks.
Pleased to be of service. I enjoyed the CD very much
Ann, it's so nice to hear from you. Thank you so much for your beautiful words!
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