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Title: This is one that Duke would be disappointed in
Review: I really don't know what Jessica had in mind with this project, but whatever it was, she lost me. It seems like she offered very little in the way of a melody to follow. I guess her thing is to improvise to the fullest extent.I felt like she took more than her fair share of chances with this recording. She seemed to manage to out do the song with her showboating. She made herself the star of the show and forgot about the song and highlighting it. In my opinion, I feel like Duke would have been disapponted with his music being presented like this.The repertoire for this cd was alright, but that was the only bright spot I could find. As far as the performances go, I would have to say NO CIGAR.Jessica if you are going to play ballads, please give us something to grasp, besides a lot of improvising. This needless improvising is very sick.
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