Title: No Imitation Here!
Product review: While tempted to write a song by song analysis of this CD, I will show restraint and simply comment on the Holiday imitation complaints. As a collector of vintage Holiday, I actually had to listen for the similarities before I made the connection at all. Some of the phrasing is perhaps similar, (think any male singer in the late 40s and Sinatra) but Peyroux sings with her own voice, hits the standards with a new and often superior interpretation, with a band that is quite competent. A bit of repetition on the cymbals left me with a sense of one sound fits all, but Peyroux herself is a delight. If you love Holiday this CD won't give a Rich-Little-like shiver. With the rest of the music industry still trying to sound like Aretha Franklin, this is a relief. Peyroux has a bright future, send us more like her!
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