Carol Hamersma

The Carol Hamersma Trio: Out of My Head

by Dave Nathan
November 1, 2001

For her maiden album, Carol Hamersma has opted to go with a play list of both familiar and non familiar material, including three of her compositions. Sometimes she sings and plays her guitars, sometimes she just plays. Whatever, there is a certain delicacy about her soft jazz that I found quite appealing. Listen to her recitation of the lyrics to “So Danco Samba" using them to seques into an engaging guitar solo. Her guitar is not dynamic in that there ...