Album Review: We're All in the Dance from Rachel Caswell
Album: We're All in the Dance Artist: Rachel Caswell Label: Turtle Ridge Records Website: www.rachelcaswell.com Brimming with cafe society-style, vocalist Rachel Caswell puts audiences in a relaxing state of mind on her latest CD We're All in the Dance . Her scatting is evenly clement and her bluesy vocalese has a pacifying Patti Austin-esque flare. A collection of jazz and pop standards, Caswell's recording is extremely likeable as she contemporizes the concept of cafe society. Produced by her guitarist Dave Stryker, Caswell's offering is melodically arranged and shaped with harmonious chord patterns from beginning to end. She forms a cascade of scatting sounds drizzling intermittently along "Devil May Care," a tune written by Bob Dorough and Terrell P. Kirk, Jr. The dreamy ambience of "Two for the Road," a Henry Mancini gem, features Caswell's vocal elasticity, reaching and refracting, catching the feel of the music. Her sister Sar...