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Samara Joy: Linger Awhile
Reduce del successo ottenuto all'ultimo Umbria Jazz, la 22enne la vocalist afro-americana debutta ora con l'etichetta Verve e sarà impegnata in un tour fitto di date fino a dicembre (in ottobre toccherà anche Portogallo, Spagna, Francia e Germania ma non l'Italia).
In Linger Awhile continua il sodalizio col notevole chitarrista Pasquale Grasso, in un combo che vede ancora il batterista Kenny Washington e l'ingresso del bassista David Wong e del pianista Ben Paterson.
Con un repertorio ancora focalizzato su standard più o meno noti, Samara conferma tutto il bene che s'è detto di lei: maturità interpretativa insolita per l'età, fresca varietà cromatica, estro creativo, intenso feeling. Gli intermezzi in vocalese presenti in "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)" e "I'm Confessin' That I Love You" mostrano piena padronanza tecnica e smagliante verve ritmica.
Il disco attrae dal primo all'ultimo brano, con una preferenza per quelli swinganti, come "Sweet Pumpkin," "Linger Awhile" (un assolo mozzafiato di Grasso) e "Social Call." La relazione col chitarrista è stimolante in ogni momento e spicca in "Someone to Watch Over Me."
Album della settimana.
Track Listing
Can't Get Out of This Mood; Guess Who I Saw Today; Nostalgia (The Day I Knew); Sweet Pumpkin; Misty; Social Call; I'm Confessin' That I Love You; Linger Awhile; 'Round Midnight; Someone to Watch Over Me.
Personnel
Album information
Title: Linger Awhile | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Verve Records
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