Lovisa
Jennervall (vocals); Manne Skafvenstedt (piano, synthesizers); August Eriksson (double bass, electric bass, violin); Edvin Glänte (drums, percussion) + Johan Christoffersson (alto sax tk 2); Tobias Wiklund (cornet tk 6); Gustav Alte (pedal steel)
Eight classic standards composed by GASbook A-Listers such as Bill Evans, Rogers & Hart, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein ll, Cahn & Styne, Ray Noble, Johnny Green and made famous by Sinatra, Ella, Billie and many other great singers, brought a well-known phrase to mind: If it ain't broke don't fix it!
Jennervall has a captivating voice, a wide range, brief vocalese excursions and lots of jazz feeling in her phrasing. So far so good. However, beneath it all there's a lot of electronic jiggery-pokery going on which, I guess, is what the notes mean when the perps describe their shenanigans as reinventing or re-imagining standards.
Repeated playing made it marginally more accessible but it shouldn't be that way. Despite the occasional moments of brilliance such as the alto solo on track two and the cornet solo on The Very Thought of You I couldn't help but think that the vocal would have been better without the backing or the backing better without the vocal. Putting them together is like serving Dijon mustard with vanilla ice cream. Others, of course may disagree and they should check it out - the music, not the dessert. Lance
Release date: March 27.
Very Early; I Didn't Know What Time it Was; All the Things You Are; I Cover the Waterfront; How Deep is the Ocean; The Very Thought of You; Don't Explain; I Fall in Love Too Easily
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