Lee Aaron And The Swingin' Barflies - Slick Chick

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"Slick Chick" is not a new album. It was released in 2000, but only now it arrives in Brazil. All the recordings of this Canadian singer were unknown here until this release by Hellion Records. The record company, which normally deals with rock artists, decided to invest in another market and chose a great album to launch with.

Although this is the tenth album of Lee Aaron's career, it is the first one as a professional singer of jazz. This is because Lee Aaron already invested in other musical aimings. She is best known (unhappily, not here in Brazil) for her album of 1984 called "Metal Queen", a title which created an image that the singer had difficulty in disassociating herself from.

Lee Aaron has already presented herself in diverse festivals of jazz in U.S.A., Canada and Europe. Aaron could have become another Alanis Morissette or Celine Dion, creating commercial compositions of pop for ads or TV series, but the young woman followed another way. It worked out very well.

We go to the album. "Slick Chick" was produced by Aaron with the contribution of the keyboardist Jane Milliken and recorded in Vancouver's Quantum Sound and Barking Dog Studios, both in Canada. The album brings 13 tracks that mix jazz and blues with pop and good taste, all strongly marked for the powerful and melodious voice of Lee Aaron.

The standout tracks are the danceably jazzy "He Ain't Got The Rhythm", contagiously bluesy "Evil Gal Blues" and the sexy "In The Dark". But the listener with certainty will enjoy the entire album. Aaron is joined by excellent musicians: already cited keyboardist Jane Milliken, Don Short (drums), Danny Parker (bass) and Graham Howell (sax), and they form "The Swingin' Barflies"; as well, guest musicians include Don Harrison (guitar), Steve Darville (percussion) and Jimmy Pinchin (sax).

(five stars out of five)

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