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Title: Quality voice
Review: Next to Cassandra Wilson and Patricia Barber, Holly Cole is one of these singers that have changed the outlook of jazz. Like Cassandra Wilson she started with traditional jazz, which nowadays is still performed by singers like Diana Krall or Jane Monheit (listen to her CD Never Neverland). As Patricia Barber mixes oriental influences with her music, Holly Cole adapts countrymusic (The Heart Of Saturday Night) and traditional ballads (The Briar And the Rose) to make them sound as if she had just invented the genre. Of course this is not the case; the trick she plays is to slow down the rhythm of the original, stretching it almost to bring it to a standstill, thus allowing her voice to attract the center of attention. Sometimes this procedure results in singing as children do, sweet and innocent, a bit predictable and often just slightly off key.But all this is nitpicking; her performance is one of pure quality and if you have decent Hi-fi-equipment you will thoroughly enjoy this CD.
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