Four friendly female voices to sing you into a joyful mood…
Single named vocalist Kenia mixes CTI-flavered electic jazz with Brazilian moods on this upbeat album. Romer Lubambo’s acoustic guitar brings a sea breeze to the bouncy “On We Go,” the sensuous “Pra Que Que Inventaram A Bahia?” and samba’d “For Donato.” She delivers a luscious bossa beat to The Beatles’ “Nowhere Man” and Henrik Meurkens’ harmonica adds to her warm and well 
timed voice on “Closer To Me.” Some electronic soul jumps up on “Pretty World” and an intruiging “Summertime.” Fresh and sparkly.
Miss Sophie Lee mixes fun and cozy Crescent City originals with standards that make brim over like a drink at Café Du Monde. Her voice is sweet as a mint julep on the hot jazz pieces with Auroroa Nealand’s clarinet on pieces like “You and Me” and “Undecided.” She ambles easily on “That’s When Your Heartache Begins” and is cozy with Luke Winslow-King’s violin on “A Safe Place.” Dave Boswell’s trumpet wah wahs with Lee’s growl on “It Don’t Mean a Thing” and gets old timey on “Ain’t Misbehavin’” while she gets serious with Earl Scioneaux III/p and “Charles Lumar/b on “The Way That Love Can Be.” This one’s as spicy as a Po’ Boy!
Allison Adams Tucker shows she’s confident in both voice and dialect on this intimate album. She opens the album with a solo intro to “When In Rome” like a clear beacon in a dark alley before the team of Romero Lubambo/g, Josh Nelson/key, Scott Colley/b, Antonio Sanchez/dr and Chris Potter/ww join in. She brings in gentle Spanish moods with percussion on “Vuelvo al Sur,” uses dainty spaces with Nelson and Potter’s bass clarinet on “A Thousand Years” and gets lively in Portuguese with Lubambo on “Aguas de Marco.” She even brings in sounds from the Philippines as she gets tender with Lubambo on “Takeda Lullaby” and gets impressionistic with Potter’s soprano sax on “Pure Imagination.” Confidence in the subtle oozes on this one.
Elisabeth Lohninger brings forth a richly produced album that has Walter Fischbacher’s strings create frames for textured originals” and a Jobim cover.” The Don Sebesky-sounding strings create velvet landscapes for lusch moods on “When We Were Young” and the sensuous “Birthday Girl.” Thick textures weave with Gary Schreiner’s harmonica and Lohninger’s classy voice on “Mellow Mood Moaning” while “The Girl From Ipanema” is given a stark dash of colors. Only on the closing “Ya Mi Corazon” does the mood get more upbeat with Goran Vujic/b and Ulf Striker/dr creating a Latin lover of a salsa.