Beaky

Beaky: Speak Beak

by Jim Santella
October 10, 2004

Her smoky voice makes Beaky's debut swing with an easy-to-like presence. The familiar jazz standards that she interprets find their way into your heart without a hitch. She transports her audience off into some distant nightclub in the wee hours, after most of the regulars have gone home. Intimacy is her forte. At once, you feel like you're there.

Guitar, saxophone and piano surround Beaky's vocal interpretations with plenty of supplemental melodies. Michael Ross, Carl Coan and Hunter ...