By Charleston Hepston
Christine
Rosholt – Detour Ahead
2006
Idea Dog Productions
SQ
Issue: Spring 2006, Volume 16, Issue 2
The Band:
Christine
Rosholt’s debut CD is a listener’s delight.
Her voice is bright and innocent with excellent diction and spot on
phrasing.
Rosholt has
assemble a fantastic rhythm section. These
are some of the top Twin Cities musicians and they compliment her vocals quite well. Taylor’s piano solos are top notch.
Rosholt’s
song selection shows her diverse abilities as a vocalist.
You’ll find wonderful jazz standards like I
Cover the Waterfront and the title
song as well as nice renditions of Bye Bye Blackbird and Honeysuckle
Rose. The vibraphone on the latter really spices up the
number. Dancers will find both of those
“in the pocket” and a playful delight to dance to.
From a swing
dancer’s perspective, besides the two numbers already mentioned, you may like From
This Moment On, a barn burner
at 316 bpm’s but fun none-the-less, and Early
Autumn, a nice
‘n’ easy tune at 135 bpm’s.
Rosholt’s
vision of this CD was not necessarily to create a great dance CD but instead to create a
great jazz CD, which she has done by compiling some nice swingin’ jazz with some
latin rhythms and some bopish tunes, not to mention a couple nice ballads. This is a listener’s delight and a bonus to
get a couple swingin’ dance tunes.
Jazz
enthusiasts will really enjoy this CD. If
you are looking strictly for a CD with lots of swing dance music, you may want to pass on
this but it is definitely one I am glad to have in my jazz library.
Bottom Line: To buy or not to buy….. JAZZ FANS, BUY! Here’s how: http://www.christinerosholt.com/CDs.html