Clear-toned vocalist Keri Johnson mixes jazz with dashes of pop and folk here with Kevin Bales/p-rho, Larry Kohut/b, Neal Alger/g, Jon Deitemeyer/dr and Stephen Lynard/vib. She’s a throwback to the days of singer/songrwriter, and handles both roles with freshness and allure.
She’s able to sound convincing in a variety of moods. She teams with Kohut on a stark and harrowing “Here I Am” and yet can go comforting and childlike on the tender “Everything’s Okay.” With Bales, she goes dreamy on “When Morning Dawns’ and vulnerable on”Little Dreams. She proves she’s able to flex her muscles, getting feisty with the band on”The Cameleon’ and slinking along wieht a samba on “If and When.” She wins you over by being winsome.