Search - Alive :: Call It Jazz

Lost jem from the 70's

Xagan | Hallandale, Fl. United States | 06/19/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"ALIVE! was an icon of the "women's music scene" in the bay area in the 70's. While that world did give them a very supportive fan base and among the most responsive audiences anywhere anytime, it also secluded them in a nitch world. This was the loss of jazz fans everywhere.



ALIVE! was the real deal a terrific band that could drive hard, as on the title track Call it Jazz, or be very soft and subtly lovely, as on Step By Step. Rhiannon a tremendous front woman, is on fire throughout. Always at her best in front of a live audience, she is perhaps at her peak here. The scat on the opener Call It Jazz is classic Rhiannon. The opener Call It Jazz also highlights the pianist Janet Small, who remains sadly rarely heard from since those days. A special nod must also go to percussionist Carloyn Brandy who lends so many textures to the events that were live performance by ALIVE!."