Renee Fiallos - My Turn

Renée Fiallos is a unique artist with high energy. She sounds original on every cover on her CD, MY TURN recorded in Miami, engineered by Mike Levine.

Renée’s vocals are sassy, clear and beckoning to the ear. Her flutes wind the listener through a jungle of colors. She plays it all – classical, Indian, jazz, blues, all of it. Her flute bounces and spins along the melody with determination to flit from note to note just to delight us.

The band includes Fiallos on vocals, flute and tenor recorder; Fernando Ulibarri on guitar; Michael Bordelon on bass; Rudolfo Zuniga on drums; Rocky Yera on sax; and Nabedi Osorio on congos.

Every song is a jewel. My personal favorite is Slappin’ Her Cakes On Him for whatever it means, I love it. It’s snaps with musical fervor and Renée works the storyline, singing it like she may have written it, though Dave Frischberg takes that credit. The title tune indicates the musician’s dream -- to have her turn.

From verse to coda, My Ideal steals my heart. She and Fernando share the melody so nicely. The improvisational voicings on Direct Line represent what a jazz singer should sound like. Renée is on time, in time with time. The tune swings and she handles the scat fluently.

On Ulibarri’s Maldito Tiempo Fiallos plays the bass recorder accompanied by drums and congas. It’s a musical journey into the sound of the universe. The piece is reminiscent of Ellington and Debussy, simultaneously.

Then comes my second favorite, Jockey Full of Bourbon, a fun song that you hear Renée having fun with. Renée’s emotionally-charged dramatization of Gloomy Sunday fits well with Yera’s tenor sax. I’m sure it’s what Billie Holiday meant, when she sang the song.

Hear the tracks at www.myspace.com/reneefiallos and buy the CD at www.cdbaby.com/cd/reneefiallos

Joan Cartwright
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