Here are a couple of direction for the jazz vocalist; one a bit on the indie side, the other more traditional.
Alicyn Yaffee has a clear and cool folksy voice as she plays guitar along with a suavely swinging and sensitive team of Benny Rietveld/b-key, Pepe Jimenez/dr, Ronnie Foster/key, Jeff Cressman/tb and various cameo guests. You get subdued indie pop moods as Cressman’s horn keeps jazz sensibilities on “Lost” and the coffee club casual “Lonely Lemon Pie Girl.” Rietveld’s bass line plods along with Jimenez’s drum on the reflective “Codes” whle Yaffee’s guitar work is strong on “ Benji’s Tue” and “Water.” Sensitive charms.
Cheryl Fisher has a clear and sultry tone on this album of covers. Along with Eric Allison/wwinds, John Toomey/p-key, John Stowell/g, Jeff Johnson/b, Burnis stubbs/perc and Bob Tildesley/tp, she brings her easy on the ears vibrato to “Quietly There” and softly growls on “It Amazes Me.’ She’s able to give a dramatic feel to the modal “Flowers In The Sink” and brings forth a strong cabaret feel with Toomey’s piano on “I Never Went Away.” Tildesley’s trumpet adds a nourish atmosphere on the bluesy read of “Here’s To Life” and the shadows are long with Allison’s tenor sax on a languid read of “You Go To My Head.” She knows how to create a mood!