CD Reviews: The Flip Side
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Posted by: editoron Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 10:19 AM |
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By Karl Stober
Its Christmas Time/Sylvia Bennett Release: Out of Sight Music (2009)
Ms. Bennett drops a blizzard of holiday comfort with this package of vocal tinsel this season. Her voice is coated with that fireplace appeal on a winters evening. As for the impact on the listener, you just want to celebrate the Yule tide with her resonance.
Produced by Hal Batt, he affords Ms. Bennett the room to extend her range and focus, thus stirring the season’s energy, capturing for the listeners that “chestnuts and eggnog” effect.
Sylvia Bennett gift wraps this exceptional and rhythmically vocal jazz appeal throughout each cut, never compromising that traditional balance of heart and hope. Many encores spin with this gift of joy!
TRACKS OF INTEREST: The Christmas Song, Wrap You Up for Christmas, and A Rainbow Christmas.
Face/Fat Cat Big Band: Small Record (2009)
What you have here is a group of fine tuned musicians led by composer Jade Synstelien, who creates extraordinary sounds. Injected with a brass intellect to start with, the various other parts follow suite and concentrate on what one may call revolutionary big band stylings, This is a “sit-n-spin” that keeps the edgy jazz juices flowing in all directions.
Jade Synstelien (guitarist) is one talent not to be neglected, as he employs his strings to unify with the horns, thus applying a very dynamic approach. Jade educates those who may not respect their process but embraces the finished result. This spin has that righteous pulse that commands the respect of the purist jazz aficionado...
Face, is jazz with a multi-cultural exclamation point. The Fat Cat Big Band shift in numerous directions on this spin as it has in past projects. Fast-paced and void of text books, the band goes against the currents; for that alone they deserve the consideration of the fandom, jazz has created.
TRACKS OF INTEREST: Love Lost Rhapsody, Ballad of Eternal Love, and Mamacita Tu Es Muy Bonita
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