Upbeat swinging sounds and optimistic vocals are delivered by the live-sounding team of Dale Scaife/p, Dave Coules/ts, Glenn Anderson/dr, Ron Johnston/b and girl-next-door vocalist Nina Richmond.
Coules has a big and vintage sound on his tenor sax, and blows like a big band bopper on his solos as on the hip “I Can’t Believe You’re In Love With Me” and on his bel canto intro to “My Romance”. Johnston lays down a nice cadence for “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square” while Anderson brings rich brush work to “Days of Wine And Roses” and a whirlwind intro duet with the confident Richmond on the fun “I Love Being Here With You”. Richmond is clear and bright throughout, swaying to a Latinizied “It Might As Well Be Spring” and glowing with Scaife on “More Than You Know”. Working class wonders.