Album Review: Wings Uncaged from Aimée Allen
Album Review: Wings Uncaged from Aimée Allen Label: Azuline Music Website: www.aimeeallenmusic.com Wings Uncaged from vocalist Aimée Allen features a contemporary reworking of a handful of jazz standards interspersed with five new swing-inspired originals. Most outstanding about Allen's rendering is the dreamy quality of her vocals, managing to engulf the listener in the introspective musings expressed in the lyrics. Her treatment of "Skylark" is mesmerizing welding a siren-esque lure as her handling of "Shooting Star" tailors the song to her vocal facets, accentuating the luminous hues of her register. If one did not know these songs have been performed by many others before, Allen could claim them as her own. She shapes the vocal melodies and the music to her specifications. "Invitation" showcases Allen's vocal elasticity, her ability to stretch out notes and etch poignant inflections that draw the listener into the song. ...