Review by Bruce Crwother on Swing2Bop.com

July 30, 2006

CD Review:
Bruce Crowther http://www.swing2bop.com

This CD introduces to a wider world the popular San Francisco-based singer Jamie Davis. Backed here by a powerful big band playing Count Basie-inspired charts with fire and precision Jamie romps through songs such as 'Isn't She Lovely', 'Night And Day', 'Every Day I Have The Blues', 'The Very Thought Of You' and 'Alright, Okay, You Win' with flair and enthusiasm. Among the instrumentalists on hand are trumpeters Scotty Bernhardt and Chuck Findlay, drummer Butch Miles, saxophonists Marshall McDonald and Scott Jepperson, and pianist Tony Suggs. Leading the band is Shelly Berg, who also contributes one of the charts; mostly these are by Bob Ojeda, with others by Aaron Lington, Allyn Ferguson, Tom Hart and Marcus Shelby. In addition to the CD, the package comes with a DVD that features excerpts from the recording session and interviews with several of the band's members as well as the singer himself. Release date for this set is 13 June 2006