Sylvie Lewis - Tangos and Tantrums [Audio CD] 2005

Robin McKelle comes out swinging on her second disc of big band jazz Modern Antique. The bassist plucks some fat rich chords the pianist skitters over the keysand McKelle herself confidently scats over the melody while the horn section eggs her on. The mood is playfully flirtatious just this side of naughty. The entire combo is having so much fun and so are you that the tune is almost over before you realize it s an ingenious re-arrangement of Steve Miller s seventies classic Abracadabra. That opening gambit sets the tone for everything that follows: The singer has created a stylistically ambitious follow-up to her debut while still managing to evoke and honor the forties big-band sound she explored on the remarkable Introducing Robin McKelle

CONDITION: NEW, Punched UPC

TRACK LISTING

1 By Heart
2 The Movies
3 If Love Songs
4 When I Drink
5 Conversation Piece
6 Valentine's Day
7 Old Friends
8 All His Exes
9 Rockwell's Blues
10 Promises Of Paris
11 My Rival