Album Review: We've Only Just Begun from Ashley Pezzotti
Album: We've Only Just Begun Artist: Ashley Pezzotti Label: Self-Released Website: www.ashleypezzotti.com From the start, the listener is enthralled by the way cabaret singer Ashley Pezzotti turns a phrase, injects playful inflections in the lyrics, and evokes emotion in her vocal delivery. She personalizes every track, developing an intimacy between her and her audience. Her first straight-ahead jazz endeavor We've Only Just Begun contains an assortment of original compositions inspired by the Great American Songbook. The stories told in the lyrics are drawn from her own personal experiences and from people that have touched her. Incorporating elements of swing, scat, blues, jazz, and bop, Pezzotti is a modern day Ella Fitzgerald with a touch of Billie Holiday's knack for stirring up the audience's emotions. Her scatting along the rhythmic grooves of "Jackie" summons an upbeat twang in her vocals that's infectious. She shu...