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Patty Wicks: Dedicated To…

By AAJ Italy Staff
November 11, 2009
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In Dedicated To... Patti Wick è impeccabile; come pure i compagni di viaggio, che hanno tuttavia il torto di lesinare soluzioni personali, sicuri di far leva su un repertorio eterogeneo e di sicura presa. Prevale un modo impeccabile quanto scarno nell'andamento solistico, poco graffiante ed incisivo e la relativa brevità di molti brani conferma la sensazione che i musicisti non abbiano scavato a fondo nelle varie composizioni. Sotto tono pure la guest star Scott Hamilton, pronto ad eseguire il proprio compito con perizia ma senza tanta convinzione. A modesto parere di scrive, la routine prevale sul fuoco improvvisativo e sulle idee, che la tecnica dei quattro non basta a riscattare.

Dedicated To... è quindi un disco gradevole ma che non lascia di sé una traccia significativa, per via di una formula e di soluzioni abbastanza scontate. È un percorso che sa molto di deja vù, in cui mancano sonorità vibranti ed idee forti.

Track Listing

01. The Song Is You (Hammerstein/Kern); 02. The Very Thought of You (Noble); 03. Laura (Raskin/Mercer); 04. Little Girl Blue (Rodgers/Lorenz); 05. I Remember You (Schertzinger/Mercer); 06. Emily (Mandel/Mercer); 07. My One and Only Love (Mellin/Wood); 08. You’re Getting to Be a Habit (Dubin/Harry); 09. Lela (Higgins).

Personnel

Scott Hamilton

saxophone, tenor

Patty Wicks (pianoforte, canto); Giovanni Sanguineti (contrabbasso); Govanni Gulino (batteria); Scott Hamilton (sax tenore).

Album information

Title: Dedicated To… | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Drum

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