Sidney Jacobs - If I Were Your Woman - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, If I Were Your Woman , from Sidney Jacobs , and it's a cool mix or jazz, soul and R&B. Opening with breezy, We All... / On A Clear Day , Sidney Jacobs on keys and lead vocals shows vocal flexibility with warm backing by Munyungo Jackson on percussion, Josh Jackson on sax and flute, Chris Lawrence on trumpet, Josh Nelson on piano, Greg Poree on acoustic guitar, Nolan Shaheed on trumpet and flugel horn, Ricky Woodard on trumpet and some really nice trombone by Joakim Toftgaard. Weave This Tale really moves with scat vocals by Jacobs which work nicely with his strong piano playing and warm horn support. Very nice. A nice mix of jazz and R&B transforms Bernstein's I Feel Pretty into a contemporary radio track. I really like Jacobs' vocal interpretation of this track and this track swings. Title track and soul classic, If I Were Your Woman , gets a really nice work over with excellent vocals over a piano / ...