Title: Was expecting more
Review: This artist has had so much hype in the jazz press that I was prepared to be blown away. I wasn't. Her voice is fine but I felt sung "at" not sung "to." Her scatting is more on the order of noodling and she doesn't seem to like to state the melodies before she abstracts them. The whole appraoch seems contrived, unnatural and over the top. After getting this "live" CD I actually went to see her live and the whole first set she only sang 3 songs and most of it was mediocre soloing from her band while she ooohed and aaahed and strutted and posed while listening to them. Different strokes, I suppose, but I was completely underwhelmed and left mid-show, as did lots of others in the audience. Maybe it was a bad day for her. This CD was better than the show for sure. I'd give her another chance but not for awhile!
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