Steppin'

Once again, Chesky does it right....this album is absolutely wonderful. Great voice...sexy, sultry, presented with Chesky's usual technical perfection.The music here is Jazz standard, with some numbers, of course, better known than others. Christy has a perfect voice for this material, and uses it marvelously. Naturally, the instrumental back-up and recording technique are up to Chesky's usual high standard.Pretty girl, fine music, wonderful singing...Enjoy.

Super

Very good CD from an exceptional performer. Ms. Baron should need no introduction. See my review of her CD "Take this Journey."

What a disappointment this one was. This is not jazz. If you're a big fan of Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, Holly Cole, etc... you will probably NOT enjoy this CD. I gave it two stars because there are actually about 3 tracks which forego the heavy use of drum machines and synthesizers in place of more traditional instrumentation that sound quite nice. If you like "Acid Jazz" - which is really not jazz at all - then you may very well appreciate this recording. I tried really hard to give this a fair shake, but I just can't stomach the "techno" sounds. What really sent me over the edge was a quote in the liner notes where Christy Baron compares herself to Miles Davis! Blasphemy!!! There's even a track on this disc which sounds like a futile attempt to emulate the sound of Miles on his avante garde "Doo Bop", with the most pathetic trumpet solo I've ever heard.On the plus side, Christy Baron does have a beautiful voice and, it would seem, a lot of talent. Imagine a cross between Cheryl Crow and Joan Osbourne singing jazz. That's Christy Baron. Potentially great, but a bit misguided.

I love this cD the girls voice is sultry soulful funky and spot on...So different from the first album which was great...This one takes it to the next level....BUY IT

I like Christy Baron's style and material a lot. This recording is also outstanding form an audiophile point of view. I highly recommend it.

What a great voice and masterful delivery of material. Someone else wrote sexy with a capitol S but that is insufficient. I'm not a big jazz fan and I guess this is not classic jazz but some sub-genre that really turns me on. Somehow the instrumentation, which is good, fades into the backround because Christy's voice is so present and distinctive. I can't tell you how many times I've played this cd and chosen it over my favorite classic rock. Its a great album to enjoy when you're happy just being by yourself and also a very nice listen when you're with someone special. I'm so glad I found some other music by her and I surely hope there is more comming. By the way, it has a couple of cuts that don't feature her and they are interesting and don't detract from the album. Also, I read in one of her bios that she starred in an indie movie called Pants on Fire. You can bet I'll be watching that if I can locate it.

Christy Baron's 2nd release is one of the most refreshing & experimental quasi-jazz CD's that follows in the same steps as Patricia Barber. Both singers come from a silky smoke Jazz ballad background & each experiment with different styles almost to the point of the avant-guard while not losing the Jazz mainstream. Maybe this is the reason why some like her 1st CD better, which fits more in the Jazz standard category. Unlike Patricia Barber, who writes many of her own songs, Christy Baron takes off with songs from different artists from Peter Gabriel's "Mercy Street" to Princes's "Thieves in the Temple". Each of these songs take on an emotional uniqueness that they no longer sound as if they were from the original artists. There is even a Tibetan monk's throat chord chant in a song. Therefore for lovers of the "Something Different", this may fit to your liking.