Chris Spector - Midwest Record

CD Review: Volume 31/Number 254 www.midwestrecord.com

JAMIE DAVIS/Vibe Over Perfection:
Certainly one of those - how did this happen - kind of sets. Here's a guy no one has probably ever heard of, yet everyone in Hollywood music that matters turned out to play and everyone from Clint Eastwood to Mrs. Joe Williams is howling his praises to the moon.

A vocalist in the gulf somewhere between Lou Rawls and Joe Williams, Davis lives up to the acclaim. With a familiar set card, this is about a winning performance as opposed to breaking new ground. Simply a top flight jazz vocalist that delivers on a wide swatch of fave cuts and serves them with no dust extant. If this is the kind of drill you dig, you're sure to want to hop to it and get in the groove.

1st August 2008