Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Sound DNA

• Jazz
• Big Band & Swing

• warm
• witty
• urban

About

The songs on Caro Emerald’s first album unreel like clips from old movies you can’t quite place but seem hauntingly familiar. <i>Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor</i> conjures visions of '30s-era femme fatales and plucky heroines, with side trips into more contemporary scenarios along the way. Emerald—a Netherlands-based vocalist with impressive jazz chops—inhabits these musical vignettes with considerable poise and a sense of fun. Producers David Schreurs and Jan van Wieringen (who cowrote the album’s songs with Vincent Degiorgio) shift between styles and eras while maintaining a moody film noir ambiance. Emerald plays the sultry vamp on “Just One Dance” and “Absolutely Me,” gets torchy on “I Know That He’s Mine,” and cuts loose for a campy romp on “Dr. Wanna Do.” She’s even better on dance floor fare like the ultra-catchy “Back It Up” and the smoldering, Cuban-accented “A Night Like This” (both huge Dutch singles). “The Lipstick on His Collar” finds her striding into R&B diva territory over heavy brass and insinuating strings. <i>Deleted Scenes</i> signals Emerald’s emergence as a versatile talent to watch.

via Apple Music

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