Kenny Colman

Kenny Colman: Straight Ahead

by Dave Nathan
January 1, 2001

Straight Ahead is Canadian born and Vancouver resident Kenny Colman's second album for Justin Time. This latest effort concentrates on more upbeat and jazzy material than his first which leaned toward easy listening. Colman has garnered several good jazz musicians to make this a swinging affair. With a voice and style somewhere in between the raspy Tony Bennett's and the purer sounds of Andy Williams, Colman does justice to a set of 15 tunes, mostly standards and Tin Pan Alley ...