Album Review: Straight Ahead to the UK from Cathy Segal-Garcia
Album: Straight Ahead to the UK Artist: Cathy Segal-Garcia Label: Dash Hoffman Records Website: www.cathysegalgarcia.com The songs on vocalist Cathy Segal-Garcia's latest release Straight Ahead to the UK comprises of an assortment of vintage jazz standards, modern jazz compositions, and a few originals by Segal-Garcia. The alto-enriched palette of her timbres gives the tracks an earthy flavor, searing into the melodies and holding them anchored. This is jazz music in its prime, lathered in elements of blues, soul, swing, and scat, all of which ratchet up the jazz-drenched romper "Shake It Down." Produced by Garcia along with her saxophonist Andy MacIntosh and organist John Leftwich, Straight Ahead to the UK sails through a myriad of swing-filled grooves from the sudsy flusters of "Song 4 Sandy" to the balmy swells of "Something We May Never Know." The glistening tone of Garcia's vocals are augmented by the shimmering tone of Cliff Hall...