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ALISON DEWAR  - INTRODUCING ALISON (2006)

Alison Dewar – vocals

Graham Harvey – piano

Dave Chamberlain – double bass

Matt Skelton – drums

Derek Nash – saxophone

ALISON DEWAR  - INTRODUCING ALISON (2006)

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1 Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise

2 O Barquino

3 Too Close for Comfort

4 Peace

5 Star Eyes

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Review by Fabrizio Ciccarelli for WWW.VINILEMANIA.NET

In her recording debut EP, Alison Dewar presents five of the most interesting pieces from the international music scene of jazz standard. Accompanied by instrumentalists of unquestionable calibre, she demonstrates vocal skills that are imbued with personality, marked by delicate and fluid phrasing, pleasing to the ear and beautifully pitched. All this as well as immediacy, a rounded brightness and mellow interpretation and style.

Alison manages to mould herself to the music that she performs without ever losing control, alternating continuously and successfully between tradition and innovation. Aided by the convincing arrangements from pianist Graham Harvey, of Incognito and George Benson fame, the melody's expression is elevated.

The vocalist's spontaneous execution thus gets the opportunity to shine through, ably supported by the timing of the rhythm section and the enveloping sax of Derek Nash, an artist who is both talented and capable of underscoring improvisation with a balanced sound, suitably devoid of any self-complacency.

For the rest, the interaction of the band brings out an exceptional sensitivity, revealing not only mastery of the instrument but also eclecticism in covering "evergreens" that are formally so different from each other, from the bossa nova of "O Barquinho" through the lyricism of Horace Silver's unforgettable "Peace", to "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise", one of the most intense songs from Romberg and Hammerstein and the first track on the CD - in the writer's opinion the most "composed" and structured in the strictly jazz sense.

So we wait in hope that Alison will continue to nurture her potential and will soon be back with another equally agreeable CD.

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Recensione di Fabrizio Ciccarelli per WWW.VINILEMANIA.NET

Al debutto discografico, Alison Dewar propone in questo EP cinque tra i brani più interessanti che il panorama musicale “di livello” possa offrire in àmbito internazionale. Accompagnata da strumentisti di indubbio valore, presenta una capacità vocale dotata di personalità, distinta da un fraseggio morbido e duttile , gradevole all’ascolto e ben impostata sotto il profilo timbrico, senza che ciò ne precluda l’immediatezza, la “rotondità” nella nitidezza, la pastosità nell’interpretazione e nello stile.

 Alison sa ben adeguarsi al pentagramma che incontra senza mai abbandonarsi ad avventurose perfomances , in continua e felice oscillazione fra tradizione ed innovazione, grazie anche ai convincenti arrangiamenti del pianista Graham Harvey, noto per le proprie partecipazioni con gli Incognito e con George Benson, grazie al quale le trame melodiche vengono esaltate dal lato espressivo.

 In tal modo la spontaneità esecutiva della vocalist ha modo di farsi luce, sorretta adeguatamente dal timing della ritmica e dall’avvolgente sax di Derek Nash, artista di talento ed in grado di sottolineare le improvvisazioni con un sound equilibrato, opportunamente privo di autocompiacimenti.

 Del resto, l’interplay della band  pone in rilievo sensibilità non comuni: tale interazione rivela non solo padronanza dello strumento ma anche eclettismo nel percorrere evergreens così formalmente distanti fra loro, dalla Bossa Nova di “O Barquinho” al lirismo di “Peace”, indimenticabile note di Horace Silver, a “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”, una delle songs più intense di Romberg e Hammerstein , prima track del cd, a parere di chi scrive la più composita e  strutturata in senso strettamente jazzistico.

Dunque, aspettiamo che Alison continui ad aver cura delle proprie potenzialità e che presto torni tra noi con un cd di pari gradevolezza. 


 

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