Album Review: Love Is a Song Anyone Can Sing from Jack Kilby and the Front Line
Album: Love Is a Song Anyone Can Sing Artist: Jack Kilby and the Front Line Label: Crab Shack Music Website: www.jackkilbymusic.com The music of Love Is a Song Anyone Can Sing , the latest release from drummer Jack Kilby and his band the Front Line, speaks in a language that commingles the many facets of jazz. The selection of classic pop novelties, favorite popular theme songs, and hard bop standards are re-imagined with a contemporary twist, infusing them with a voice that gives these songs a human quality. From the whistling toots of Antonio Hart's saxophone personalizing "Life in a Glasshouse" to the glittering passages of Mark G. Meadows' keys in "Colors of the Wind," the tracks are stylized, brimming with inspiring nuances and sleek rhapsodies as the latter is cratered by the elegant spins of Braxton Cook's flute. The refined voicing of Christie Dashiell lingers with an amorous tint, strolling casually along "Pure Imagination," ...