Album Review: What We Had from Rebecca Angel
Album: What We Had Artist: Rebecca Angel Label: Timeless Groove Records Website: www.rebeccaangel.net Merging Latin swing, modern jazz, and cabaret blues, vocalist/composer Rebecca Angel's balmy broth is laden with creamy sensations making her debut release What We Had entirely mesmerizing. The music gently shimmies and rustles as her gentle voicing massages the melodic swells. She engulfs the listener in pleasing aesthetics from the calming undulations of the title track to the bossa nova-drenched wisps of "Agora Sim," both penned by Angel. "Feel Alive" blossoms with a contemporary adult pop coating trimmed in Latin swing accents changing to a smooth grooving rhythm along "Stand By Me," written by Jerry Leiber and Mie Stoller. Angel hitches the latter melody to a modern doo-wop inspired chassis that fits her vocals snugly. The Latin-jazz facets of "Jet Samba" feature a sizzling cha-cha in the rhythmic action, saddled by Angel's ...