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Review from SING OUT! Magazine
Eve Silber of NYC's West Village has made a first
CD that's a surprise and delight, featuring jazz standards by Gershwin,
Porter, Mercer et al. - though not necessarily the songs you'd expect to be
lucky enough to own on one superb disc. Eve has craftily designed a
perfect collection of sex-with-a-brain classics, into which her own two
compositions fit like a glove ("Wasn't There a Dream" and
"Castles in the Sand"). To the cool backing of an ace trio in
J. Walter Hawkes (trombone), Steve Gluzband (trumpet) and Willie Martinez,
producer (jazz drums), Eve adds that confident voice of hers and guitar
stylings as mentored by Dave Van Ronk. The whole goes down as smooth as
bourbon and film noir.
Eve's voice, sultry and saucy, transports you to a
sophisticated pleasure ground where a continental elan oozes
invitation. Imagine: a woman poured into a sequined dress, her voice
spreading honey, a trumpeter hitting all the right places (especially on the
title cut), and an atmosphere glowing with promise. This is seduction,
cool and supple. "Autumn Leaves" and "Sweet and
Lowdown" are especial mood-makers, caressed into life by Eve's
surprisingly apt vocal ease. This is a yummy CD by a young woman who
knows something we'd do well to find out. "Wasn't There a
Dream" is dedicated to the memory of Dave Van Ronk. He'd be
bursting with pride. (DM)
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