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New York City's
LaTanya Hall
's credits include working with
Michael Feinstein
,
Steve Tyrell
Bobby McFerrin
Quincy Jones
Harry Belafonte
, and as one of the "Dream Girls" during stage tours on the road. She's definitely in the burgeoning
Nancy Wilson
school of stylistic jazz singers, strictly doing standards here but mixing in a Latin lyric or beat, using strings on romantic ballads, or a big band to swing things along nicely. Arranger and conductor
Angelo DiPippo
gives
Hall
charts to challenge her sensibilities and emotive heart, and while they are at times a bit dense and overwhelming, do not stand in
's way to rise to the top of her craft. There's variety, depth, and substance in these tunes even though they are songs everybody knows, but if you listen closely, you are likely to hear the hard work involved in bringing these chestnuts to a new level. It doesn't hurt that the seasoned tenor saxophonist
David Mann
is the lead solo voice, that bassist
David Finck
, drummer
Ron Zito
, and percussionist
Mauro Refosco
are in the rhythm section, or that the horn section is peppered by fine musicians as saxophonists
Gary Keller
and
Chuck Wilson
, and trumpeter
Glenn Drewes
. Of the string things
"The Nearness of You"
"Skylark"
come closer to orchestral works in their breezy constructs, with
riding the currents. Her unique bossa nova take of
"Summertime"
has the singer on the trade winds of warmer climes of skyline atmospheres, with
DiPippo
contributing on the accordion.
"Bluesette"
mixes 5/4 and 6/8 meters in a refreshing new way, as
scats a bit, and
Mann
digs in. A bluesy version of
"You Don't Know What Love Is"
has the horn section stepping out crying, and they are in a bopping mood, settling into a groove for
"It's Alright with Me."
At her most energetic on
"Great Day,"
steps up on this venerable show tune, with the band roaring onward. Both
and the band find common ground during
"Straighten Up & Fly Right,"
as the re-arrangement courtesy of
challenges both band and singer to, as the lyric says, "get right." Acoustic guitarist
Jay Berliner
is featured with
in a nice duet on
"Like a Lover,"
a light Latin number,
"Sabor a Mi,"
has
convincingly singing in Spanish, and the set concludes with the singer's own working quartet with modal bass and a wordless vocal for
"A Lazy Afternoon."
is an entertaining and competent singer who is due for further and greater things than this album intimates, but all of the elements for her pending stardom are clearly heard here. ~ Michael G. Nastos
LaTanya Hall
's credits include working with
Michael Feinstein
,
Steve Tyrell
Bobby McFerrin
Quincy Jones
Harry Belafonte
, and as one of the "Dream Girls" during stage tours on the road. She's definitely in the burgeoning
Nancy Wilson
school of stylistic jazz singers, strictly doing standards here but mixing in a Latin lyric or beat, using strings on romantic ballads, or a big band to swing things along nicely. Arranger and conductor
Angelo DiPippo
gives
Hall
charts to challenge her sensibilities and emotive heart, and while they are at times a bit dense and overwhelming, do not stand in
's way to rise to the top of her craft. There's variety, depth, and substance in these tunes even though they are songs everybody knows, but if you listen closely, you are likely to hear the hard work involved in bringing these chestnuts to a new level. It doesn't hurt that the seasoned tenor saxophonist
David Mann
is the lead solo voice, that bassist
David Finck
, drummer
Ron Zito
, and percussionist
Mauro Refosco
are in the rhythm section, or that the horn section is peppered by fine musicians as saxophonists
Gary Keller
and
Chuck Wilson
, and trumpeter
Glenn Drewes
. Of the string things
"The Nearness of You"
"Skylark"
come closer to orchestral works in their breezy constructs, with
riding the currents. Her unique bossa nova take of
"Summertime"
has the singer on the trade winds of warmer climes of skyline atmospheres, with
DiPippo
contributing on the accordion.
"Bluesette"
mixes 5/4 and 6/8 meters in a refreshing new way, as
scats a bit, and
Mann
digs in. A bluesy version of
"You Don't Know What Love Is"
has the horn section stepping out crying, and they are in a bopping mood, settling into a groove for
"It's Alright with Me."
At her most energetic on
"Great Day,"
steps up on this venerable show tune, with the band roaring onward. Both
and the band find common ground during
"Straighten Up & Fly Right,"
as the re-arrangement courtesy of
challenges both band and singer to, as the lyric says, "get right." Acoustic guitarist
Jay Berliner
is featured with
in a nice duet on
"Like a Lover,"
a light Latin number,
"Sabor a Mi,"
has
convincingly singing in Spanish, and the set concludes with the singer's own working quartet with modal bass and a wordless vocal for
"A Lazy Afternoon."
is an entertaining and competent singer who is due for further and greater things than this album intimates, but all of the elements for her pending stardom are clearly heard here. ~ Michael G. Nastos
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