- Disguise
- Summer Dreams
- A Portrait of You
- Under a Brazilian Sky
- Sunrise
- Space
- Angel
- Calling Out
- All I Need
- Somewhere in the Night
Mishka Adams – Vocals and Backing Vocals
John Hoare – Cornet
Phil Peskett – Piano
Richard Pryce – Bass
Davide de Rose – Drums & Percussion
Mishka Adams majored at the
University of Philippines, on Saxophone, but
she does not play it on this record. She has
however performed all the vocal parts, both
of the foreground and background variety.
Her backing group, the John
Hoare Quartet, performs well throughout; every
one of these musicians is a top class performer.
The question is, is this a jazz performance?
I suspect that for the most part it is not
and that this record is targeted at a wider
audience. There is some nice jazz from cornet
player John Hoare, his horn sounds like a
trumpet, but he certainly plays some nice
stuff.
Mishka has a good voice,
excellent diction and she sings in tune, three
of the most important qualities of a top class
vocalist. As all the music is unfamiliar,
I find it hard to compare her performance
with that of other singers, I understand she
has recorded an album of standards and I would
very much like to hear it. She has a certain
quality and I am sure we will hear more of
her, if she is not swallowed up by the ‘pop’
world.
The tunes are good, but I
doubt whether they will become ‘standards’
Don Mather
CD Reviews
Candid Records CCD 79847
