Sylvia Brooks: Live

Vocalist Sylvia Brooks works Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Club with Angelenos Christian Jacob/p, David Hughes/b, Kevin Kanner/dr, David Whithan/key-acc, Jeff Bunell/tp-fh and Brian Scanlon/ts-fl. The band shows its talents throughout, notable on the swinging The Red Pig flew Up The Hill”, but also blowing out the blues hard as Brooks sways through “When The Sun Comes Out” and a belted out “Blues In The Night”. She’s fragrant around Scanlon’s flute on “Guess Who I Saw Today” and goes bohemian when Witham plays the accordion on “The Flea Market of Paris”. Jacob rumbles with Brooks on “Night and Day” and the team is in a poppish mood for “Tender Trap”. Upscale scales.

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