Album Review: Solo Sessions: Volume 1 by Brenda Earle Stokes
Album: Solo Sessions: Volume 1 Artist: Brenda Earle Stokes Label: Allsheneeds Music Website: https://brendaearle.com Blues singer Brenda Earle Stokes shines brilliantly on her newest recording Solo Sessions: Volume 1 . The collection consists of a handful of jazz standards alongside original material and compositions seldomly heard penned by George Shearing and Steve Swallow. Showcasing her talents as a singer, songwriter and pianist, Stokes demonstrates an affection for intimate lyrics shrouded in a torchlight glow. Her vocal stance is tall and proud in "Standing" as her keys twinkle stoutly, moving in a lyrical phrasing. Many a times, Stokes's vocal delivery gives the impression that she is having a conversation with the listener like in "Weaver of Dreams." She basks the listener in a cheerful mood as she flirtatiously incites, "You with your come hither smile / just to hear you speak just leaves me weak as a babe i...