Pamela Luss - Your Eyes '2007

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[4:23] 01. Pamela Luss - Baby Dont 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 - Evry 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, Dont 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, Evry Time We Say Goodbye. Overall, this is a mixed bag.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo


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