Liz Fletcher, Live in the Park - 1h 15m 21s

Tracks & Durations

1. Your Mind is on Vacation	5:04
2. Sunshine	4:18
3. Sugar	9:27
4. Do You ?	7:25
5. Meanin'	7:11
6. The Meaning of the Blues	6:59
7. 500 Miles High	11:52
8. What Good is Spring	5:50
9. [Life's a Breeze ] Pigs Can Fly	5:09
10. You Don't Need Anybody	11:59

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Review

British vocalist Liz Fletcher lays bare a chief influence when she opens Live in the Park with a slackly bouncing version of Mose Allison's "Your Mind Is on Vacation." Fletcher's band aids and abets her blues-inflected swing, with guitarist Mark Johns comping with a swagger and then launching biting solos full of flare. Saxophonist Matt Wates, bassist Roy Babbington, and pianist Robin Aspland keep the music footed solidly in the post-bop vein, while Fletcher tackles lyrics with a mid-to-lower range that picks up a phrase, toys with it, and then takes it in whole with a clarity of tone like Peggy Lee's. For all that, Fletcher's no coy girl singer. Her band belts it out, and she's there with them at all points, scatting a bit here, warbling sensuously there. Of course, Bobby Timmons's "Moanin'" and Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar" are splendid vehicles for a vocal playfulness that intermingles the sultry and the soulful. With Stacey Kent, Diana Krall, and Jane Monheit, Fletcher is in good company sporting new takes on the jazz singer's traditions. --Andrew Bartlett

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