Polly Gibbons - Is It Me…? (2017) [Hi-Res/DSD]

Polly Gibbons is one of the most respected and talked about young singer/songwriters of her generation. She has developed her craft over the past decade, performing at all the leading UK jazz clubs including Ronnie Scott’s with the All Stars, and more recently touring in the USA.

UK based Pally Gibbons shows her singing, composing and interpreting skills on this strong album of standards and originals. She’s got a husky, but flexible voice, completely comfortable in R&B-sh gospel tunes like “Sack Full of Dreams” and “Dr. Feelgood” as well as sleek jazzers with guitarist Graham Dechter on “The Ability to Swing.” The horn section has some of LA’s finest with Bob McChesney/tb, Andy Martin/tb, Bob Sheppard/ww, Brain Scanlon/ww and Tom Peterson/sax making up part of the big band along with an air tight rhythm team of Tamir Hendelman/p, Kevin Axt/b and Ray Brinker/dr snapping up tunes lie the Crescent City groover “You Can’t Just” and delivering a saucy frame for Gibbons on the swaggering “Basin City Blues.” Gibbons is able to go dramatic as on “Wild Is The Wind” and bounce with the upbeat “Wrap Your Troubles” and get dreamy with the flutes on “Pure Imagination.” She sounds like she knows how to work a room!

“A truly exceptional, once in a generation talent, possessing a voice of such sizzling intensity and raw emotion you could fry an egg on it.” (Jazzwise)

"I love her voice, really soulful. Can't wait to hear more of Polly..." (Joss Stone)

"She's got a great voice!" (Van Morrison)