Your Eyes

Performer: Pamela Luss
Artist: Russell Malone; Houston Person
Producer: Todd Barkan...
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Pamela Luss (vocals); Hendrik Meurkens (harmonica); Aaron Heick (alto saxophone); Houston Person (tenor saxophone); John Di Martino, Jon Cowherd (piano); Richie Goods (bass instrument); Gregory Hutchinson (drums). Pamela Luss' Your Eyes seems to feature two distinctive singers in one. On the midtempo material, Luss shows that she is a superior jazz singer, whether being sensual on "Baby, Don't You Quit Now," finding surprising life in a faster than usual "Over the Rainbow," or swinging on "Our Day Will Come." However, on ballads, her renditions are mostly very straight, closer to cabaret and even light pop than jazz, as if she is fearful of straying from the lyrics and the melody line for more than a moment. Quite a few of the younger jazz-inspired singers have difficulty making ballads their own and finding ways to improvise on slower material while also paying respect to the songwriters' intent. Luss' ballad renditions are listenable but not at all adventurous, and one wonders why "Send in the Clowns" was revived for the umpteenth time. On the plus side are four guest appearances apiece from tenor great Houston Person and altoist Aaron Heick, while Hendrik Meurkens is featured on harmonica on one of the few ballads that works on this set, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye." Overall, this is a mixed bag. ~ Scott Yanow

JazzTimes (p.112) - "There's a warmth and soft delicacy to YOUR EYES that advances Luss from the middle of the contemporary jazz-cabaret vocal pack..."

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