Review - “Freyja with
Rebecca Rennie”
independent mini-album
through J’Bella Muzic
Billed as adult contemporary Latin
lounge-styled music, “Freyja with Rebecca Rennie” is a
collection of eight of the finest swing/funk jazz songs you’ll find this side
of a Sunday afternoon brasserie! Penned, co-penned and sung by Rebecca Rennie
these tunes belie one so young. From where did this depth of experience come?
You’d expect a wizened trouper to be creating something like this! It’s a
debut, and it’s fine stuff.
Starting unobtrusively with a slow sonata
injected with intermittent jazz-breaks, and closing similarly with a
classical-guitar ballad, “Freyja with Rebecca Rennie” quickly
livens up to a Latin swing/mambo, moving through jazz/funk/blues and smoky
bar-room silk to create an exceptionally wide selection from the jazz genre.
And the players each add a touch from their separate corners of the globe while
retaining the world-renowned contemporary/classic jazz feel.
The only lack I felt was of vocal timbre,
coming I suppose with age. The slow start and finish didn’t auger well, either:
sprinkling the slower ones through the release rather than putting them in at
either end would have kept this record flowing better.
“Freyja with Rebecca Rennie” is music for the dance
(ballroom) floor, the lounge (fireside) room or the background, and a sequel
quickly pends! «««