2004-07-20
This CD’s quite a surprise!This debut disc has dominated the British charts for a time as she’s being marketed as the new Eva Cassidy (the late US jazz/folk singer that Britons go ga-ga over). There’s even a Katie-penned song that’s a tribute to Eva (“Faraway Voice”).
Katie reminds of Eva, but maybe more of Norah Jones – the tone is smokier than Cassidy’s discs. This should indicate to you that the stuff here is borderline jazz; some is obviously so, others folk/jazz.
CURT RAMM, DAN MORETTI, BILL CUNLIFFE
Foundations
Ariel Pocock
Living In Twilight
SHAWN LEE'S PING PONG ORCHESTRA
Reel To Reel
Various Artists
European Jazz Stage (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
James Taylor Quartet
New World
Caribbean Jazz Project
Afro Bop Alliance
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