Search - Pamela Luss :: Sweet and Saxy

Sweet and Saxy is so entertaining!

Anne | Clayton, NY | 10/02/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Pamela Luss tells a story with every song, and in addition, she has a gorgeous voice and a great, swinging style. I love all 12 songs - she and Houston Person are a great team. They really bring out the best in each other. My favorite new vocal CD in a long time. This is the kind of album that you listen to all the way through, and then when it's finished, you just want to play it again."

UNIQUE

John Edmunds | Washington , DC | 05/04/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There are few vocalists that I can undeniably say have a truly rich and sumptuous voice. Billy Eckstein, Johnny Hartman, John Lucian, Ella,and Sarah are certainly in that group. During the last few decades there are hardly any. Pamela Luss is one. Just listen to her voice on " You Better Go Now" and " Maybe You'll Be There" on Sweet and Saxy. She is intoxicating and is unique among her peers."

More Saxy Than Sweet

Rick Cornell | Reno, Nv USA | 03/26/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I take computer in hand to express my existential angst. I've written 9 reviews since late October, and received something like 8 votes to date. And those were of artists better known than Pamela Luss. Will 5 people even read this review? And if so, will they be someone other than family, friends or fans of Ms. Luss who are outraged that some Yahoo from Reno, Nevada didn't give this 5 stars?



....What the hell. On the offhand chance that those questions may be answerable in the affirmative, I shall forge ahead:



The U.S. of A. is glutted with good looking, relatively young women jazz vocalists singing standards, who are somewhere between competent and more-than-competent. Add Ms. Luss to that list. She sings a little bit nasally for my taste, and sometimes is out of her range. But she's always pleasing to listen to, even on songs like "Don'cha Go Away Mad" where pleasantry might not be the right emotion to convey.



But the challenge for a singer like Ms. Luss is: How do you break out of a pack like that and distinguish yourself?



One way to do that is to associate yourself with a legendary instrumentalist like Houston Person. Person produced this album and laid out on "Maybe You'll Be There," "You Belong to Me," and "Teardrops from my Eyes." He elevates this c.d.; it is more saxy than sweet. It's still Ms. Luss' album; but Mr. Person truly complements her rather than outshines her. With John DiMartino on piano and arranging, the sound is clean.



I don't love it, but I certainly ain't agin' it. Check it out. RC



P.S. - Just for $#!+$ and giggles, if you read this would you respond below? I don't care if you voted. It's just that I'm morbidly curious....RC"