Marta Hugon

Marta Hugon: Tender Trap

by Tracey Nolan
April 29, 2006

Marta Hugon's affection for the material she covers on Tender Trap is apparent from the start. Hugon is a confident singer with a pleasant tone, exhibiting only the occasional intonation issue and some difficulty sustaining notes in her upper register. While she doesn't scat or improvise on this recording, Hugon's sensibility is deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, and she can swing with the best of them when it's called for. The final bars of “Old Devil Moon, however, give ...