(Vocal Jazz) [WEB] Venissa Santi - Big Stuff: Afro Cuban Holiday - 2013 [Sunnyside], FLAC (tracks), lossless

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A jazz singer covering Billie Holiday has become so cliche it is almost like a pop singer covering Adele. Sometimes there are certain artists best left alone, the bar has been set so high that any attempt at a cover will almost immediately pale in comparison. Vocalist Venissa Santi and her latest Big Stuff / Afro Cuban Holiday are indeed the exception to the rule.
Legendary jazz vocal icon Billie Holiday set a bar for emotional connectivity and soulfulness in presentation with so many tunes that hitting this raw organic sweet spot has been next to impossible for any vocalist. Venissa Santi's riff on Holiday is made special by that rare blend of tone, timbre and timing coupled with an emotive quality coming from a place far deeper than her soul that makes Big Stuff just that, perhaps the finest homage to Holiday one may hear. This is Afro-Cuban-Blues, an emotional channeling of respect and smoldering melancholy that manages to make the tunes long associated with Holiday come alive yet again in perhaps the only format that could capture that original spirit.
All the expected tunes are here with the notable exception of "God Bless The Child" which Santi is still in the processing of reimaginging into a format that would be more appropriate such as a "God Bless The Child" suite. "You're My Thrill" is the jazz vocal equivalent of that sexy little black dress while "Travelin' Light" is a vocal hybrid between the sounds of Cuba and New Orleans which simply translates into pure flavor! "That Old Devil Called Love" embraces the Afro-Cuban vibe and vivid imagery perhaps better than any composition on the release which is making a bold statement. Simply put, this is the most consistent and artistically daring cover of the Billie Holiday catalog to date. Venissa Santi can review her own work far better than I, "It's been an extremely existential experience." (Brent Black, @CriticalJazz)

Venissa Santi - vocals
Tim Thompson - trumpet
Chris Aschman - trumpet
Jef Lee Johnson - guitar
John Stenger - piano
Jasono Fraticelli - acoustic bass
Francois Zayas - drums, arrangments