Let us recapitulate: Nikki Yanofsky listening to music from an early age (jazz) sings occasionally in performances of rush hour tape of her father and calls attention to itself. Her hero: Aretha Franklin. Parents spendieren the teenage singing lessons, and a kind of homework leads to a first early peak of career, namely a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Airmail Special is probably by far the most viewed Internet video of Ms Yanofsky in her career. This is followed by performances at festivals and on television as well as first work for a record label, a track on the sampler We all love Ella, and which piece? Exactly. From here, the trail leads straight to a concert with the motto Ella Of Thee I Swing. The CD / DVD sold many copies. One can well imagine that so many followers of the glory days of jazz Ella Fitzgerald and other icons of Scatgesanges and Vocalese placed their hopes in this young woman.
Nope. There was nothing out of the reincarnation.
There had been signs that could be a dead end of the traditional jazz singing for Nikki. Critics pointed out that they only copy the jazz classics and less interpretive. Also one could read, her voice actually own is not really for this genre (whatever that might mean exactly). The art of improvisation is so important it can not handle either or refuses her. Anyway, already their first studio album, although a success, caused long faces: A mix of knotless jazz with pop, the sometimes more, sometimes less jazz influences had (my personal favorite: Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie and the musical Acknowledgements First Lady) ,
That was 2010. In the following years does not seem to have gone all around for Nikki. Known their commitment to a campaign against bullying. And then she took some time but start to finally develop your own style (with the lofty goal of bringing closer the Jazz a younger crowd) and the career, actively supported by Quincy Jones, to restart with the second studio album.
If the exercise succeeded? In my ears clearly yes. The thing is grooving. Constantly I have some of the tracks in the ear, forcefully and without a single failure, the songs, whether the quieter (Waiting On The Sun) or faster (with such a meaningful title as Kaboom Pow)! So Nikki may like to continue.
If I have to criticize what? Of course.
Of course, the game time is too short. There are additional items that would have no problem on the disk space, but only in the Download Edition is available as a special. At least People Are Strange (Original. Doors) I would like to them. And for my taste, this album is overproduced sound and just average. Sometimes less is more!
I've been considering, but virtually to forgive as a deduction in the B-Note only four star renounce it, not because I was a fanatical fan, but because some of the reviewers before me - little voice, pounding bass, uniformity, etc. in 2014 are there are enough possibilities to get informed before buying a CD, at least over its contents.
And I'll do the devil and accuse a young singer that she had disappointed with their realignment expectations.
