Pamela Luss - Your Eyes (2007) flac

Tracklist:

[4:23] 01. Pamela Luss - Baby Don't You Quit Now
[4:07] 02. Pamela Luss - Our Day Will Come
[3:33] 03. Pamela Luss - How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
[3:15] 04. Pamela Luss - Get Here
[4:02] 05. Pamela Luss - In Passing Years
[5:13] 06. Pamela Luss - Over the Rainbow
[4:38] 07. Pamela Luss - Your Eyes
[5:05] 08. Pamela Luss - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
[3:14] 09. Pamela Luss - Wild Is Love
[5:40] 10. Pamela Luss - Send in the Clowns
[4:17] 11. Pamela Luss - The Look of Love
[4:33] 12. Pamela Luss - Those Who Were

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
Total length: 00:51:48
Main artist: Pamela Luss
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Savant
Genre: Jazz, Bebop
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
©℗ 2007 Savant Records, Inc.

Pamela Luss' Your Eyes seems to feature two distinctive singers in one. On the midtempo material, Luss shows that she is a superior jazz singer, whether being sensual on "Baby, Don't You Quit Now," finding surprising life in a faster than usual "Over the Rainbow," or swinging on "Our Day Will Come." However, on ballads, her renditions are mostly very straight, closer to cabaret and even light pop than jazz, as if she is fearful of straying from the lyrics and the melody line for more than a moment. Quite a few of the younger jazz-inspired singers have difficulty making ballads their own and finding ways to improvise on slower material while also paying respect to the songwriters' intent. Luss' ballad renditions are listenable but not at all adventurous, and one wonders why "Send in the Clowns" was revived for the umpteenth time. On the plus side are four guest appearances apiece from tenor great Houston Person and altoist Aaron Heick, while Hendrik Meurkens is featured on harmonica on one of the few ballads that works on this set, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye." Overall, this is a mixed bag.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo


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