Artist: Lyambiko
Album: Out Of This Mood
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: Nagel Heyer Records
Released: 2002
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Some Other Time (6:54)
- If I Were A Bell (5:19)
- Chega De Saudade (3:36)
- Afro Blue (7:00)
- Gone With The Wind (3:24)
- Can't Get Out Of This Mood (4:00)
- Our Love Is Here To Stay (4:25)
- I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (4:05)
- Parakeet Prowl (6:48)
- Mean To Me (4:13)
- Worksong (6:40)
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (3:17)
- Miss Celie's Blues (2:20)
- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (3:39)
- Skylark (6:07)
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Lyambiko, a jazz vocalist of German-African descent, highlights her affection for standards on this engaging Nagel-Heyer disc. She is backed by a capable, swinging trio, with Marque Lowenthal on piano, Robin Draganic on bass, and Torsten Zwingenberger on drums and percussion. Her voice is deep, mellow-toned, and often playful, bringing freshness (and slightly accented English) to songs like "If I Were a Bell," "Mean to Me," and a pair of Ellington classics, "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" and "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues." On the modern material she takes more risks – starting Nat Adderley's "Work Song" a cappella, for instance, then holding a powerful long note toward the end, taking the listener by surprise. Other highlights include a bass/vocal duo on "Gone With the Wind," a Portuguese rendition of "Chega de Saudade," a brief but effective take of "Miss Celie's Blues" (from the soundtrack of The Color Purple), and an African-tinged instrumental piece by Lowenthal called "Parakeet Prowl."
Review by David R. Adler