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2) JACKIE RYAN,<br />
LISTEN HERE,<br />
OPEN ART 07442<br />
COMIN' HOME BABY / THE<br />
GYPSY IN MY SOUL / THROW<br />
IT AWAY / ACCENTUATE THE<br />
POSITIVE / ANYTIME, ANY<br />
DAY, ANYWHERE / I LOVES<br />
YOU PORGY / HOW LITTLE<br />
WE KNOW (HOW LITTLE IT<br />
MATTERS) / LA PUERTA / RIP<br />
VAN WINKLE / A TIME FOR<br />
LOVE / NO ONE EVER TELLS<br />
YOU / BEFORE WE FALL IN<br />
LOVE / TO THE ENDS OF THE<br />
EARTH / LISTEN HERE. 61:54.<br />
Jackie Ryan, vcl; Gerald<br />
Clayton, p, org; John Clayton,<br />
b; Gilbert Castellanos, tpt,<br />
Graham Decter, g; Obed<br />
Calvaire, d; Rickey Woodard,<br />
sax. 5/3-4/12, 7/4/12,<br />
Hollywood, CA, Saratoga<br />
Springs, NY.<br />
KARO!<br />
JOINING FORCES<br />
LILYPAD 621<br />
CALLING ALL SHADOWS/<br />
PROMISE TO MYSELF/ YOU’RE<br />
EITHER A GODDESS OR A<br />
DOORMAT/ SEE YOU LATER<br />
(ON THE OTHER SIDE)/ AFTER<br />
ALL/ OVERTIME/ IF YOU<br />
COULD SEE ME NOW/THE<br />
TRAGIC LIVES OF MAXIMILIAN<br />
AND CARLOTA / WHAT WAS<br />
THAT. 57:44<br />
New Issues<br />
136 | CadenCe Magazine | april May June 2013<br />
Jackie Ryan also provides a fine offering on (2). Her<br />
voice is slightly huskier than McNulty with a vocal<br />
range that stretches to a thrilling soprano. Her material<br />
covers a lot of ground. “Gypsy In My Soul” is punchy,<br />
full-bodied swing and “Anytime” is a playful bit of seduction<br />
with Ryan doing deep-voiced cooing and Gerald<br />
Clayton pawing at the piano keys like Count Basie. “La<br />
Puerta” is a Spanish ballad sung floridly with only guitar<br />
accompaniment, “No One Ever Tells You” is all bluesy<br />
swagger with Ryan, Clayton and Rickey Woodard all<br />
bearing down hard and “A Time For Love” gets an emotional<br />
reading with John Clayton's bowed bass prominent.<br />
“To The Ends Of The Earth” is a fast samba featuring<br />
Gilbert Castellanos' trumpet, “Accentuate The Positive”<br />
has a gospellized piano and organ groove with Ryan<br />
singing big and in contrast, the title tune is a Dave<br />
Frishberg ballad sung with feeling and a featherlight<br />
touch. Ryan is a compelling singer and, with some<br />
excellent musicians, she has assembled a fine piece of<br />
work in this CD.<br />
Jerome Wilson<br />
Alto saxophonist Karolina Strassmayer cites<br />
Cannonball Adderley as her earliest inspiration, and<br />
her full-throated playing here continues to reflect his<br />
influence, an especially notable instance being her soulful<br />
rendition of Tadd Dameron’s “If You Could See Me<br />
Now.” But her style also shows that she listened intently<br />
to many other saxophonists along the way, including<br />
tenor players of the Michael Brecker school, as she<br />
demonstrates in her fierce improvisation on “Promise<br />
To Myself.” And interestingly, her low register work on<br />
the aforementioned Dameron tune even conjures up<br />
for me the breathy emotionalism of the great Swing-Era<br />
tenorist Ben Webster. Nevertheless, her manner synthesizes<br />
those of her predecessors rather than imitating<br />
them. This is Strassmayer’s third album with her group<br />
Karo!, which includes as drummer, and now co-leader,<br />
her long-time associate Drori Mondlak, a sensitive, supportive<br />
member of a superb rhythm section that also<br />
includes the agile guitarist Cary DeNigris and the rocksolid<br />
bassist John Goldsby. The three of them intercon-
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