Album Review: He & Me from Ada Bird Wolfe
Album: He & Me Artist: Ada Bird Wolfe Website: adabirdwolfe.com facebook.com/jazzbirdie He & Me , the latest release from singer and lyricist Ada Bird Wolfe, is a duo with pianist and arranger Jamieson Trotter. The pair perform an assortment of jazz standards and original tunes, demonstrating the smooth texture of Wolfe's register, which conjures up an intimacy with audiences that lures them to the stories being told in the songs. The drama in the tales is subdued by Wolfe's calm voicing and clarion timbres. Her refined phrasing is complimented by Trotter's silky swagger on the keys. Together, they construct very pleasing atmospheres for listeners. Call it soft swing, rhapsody blues, torchlight jazz, or cabaret, the music of Wolfe and Trotter present palatable moods using vocals and piano. Their subtle variations on the melodic motifs of Dizzy Gillespie's gem "Night in Tunisia...