| | Stephanie Davis I'm Pullin' Through CD Stephanie Davis Discography of CDs
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Stephanie Davis finds a middle ground between Western-inspired swing and classic ballad styles on I'm Pullin' Through, which offers four retro-styled originals alongside seven classic standards. Davis manages to display a pleasingly jazzy style without subsuming the natural Montana twang of her voice (and if the Billie Holiday influence in her phrasing isn't hard to spot, she also manages to bring it off with an easy grace). She's also chosen a fine set of material, and it speaks well of her songwriting that "Yellow Moon" and "There's a Springtime Feelin' in My Heart" sound right at home alongside tunes like "Taking a Chance on Love" and "He's Funny That Way." The band swings with grace and assurance, and the soloists (especially Jim Hoke on sax and clarinet and Rich O'Brien on guitar) reveal solid chops without making a nuisance of themselves. And the closer, "Big Sky Bounce," adds a welcome Western accent that also found a home on Davis' 1998 album River of No Return. I'm Pullin' Through feels as comfortable as a pair of well-worn jeans, but it sounds a good bit more stylish, and Davis would do well to revisit her jazzy side in between her more country-oriented projects. ~ Mark Deming
Personnel: Stephanie Davis (vocals, fiddle); Rich O'Brien, Rick Gordon (guitar); Jim Hoke (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Neil Rosengarden (trumpet); Tom McBryde (piano); John Vogt, Roy Huskey (bass); Walter Hartman (drums).
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In 1995 Stephanie Davis packed up a reputation as one of Nashville's best young singer/songwriters, and returned to the Big Sky country of Montana - the only area on earth larger than her desire to compose and perform music on her own terms. "I'm Pullin' Through", the second release from Davis' independent Recluse Records label, is her paean to the music of the swing era and like its predecessor, the western themed "River Of No Return", is an example of her refusal to be pigeon-holed into a specific musical genre. Backed by a jazz/swing combo of piano, string, woodwind, brass and rhythm players that share her infectious enthusiasm for the material, Davis serves up four original songs and eight standards in this recording. Her clear, sweet, seductive voice effortlessly travels a range of emotion from soulful ballad [I'm Pullin' Through] and sizzling torch song [You've Changed] to exuberant up-tempo numbers [Hallelujah, What A Little Moonlight Can Do]. Some listeners might be inclined to compare her vocalizations on these classics with those of Billie Holiday, but Davis resists the temptation to imitate her heroine, and instead draws only inspiration from the great Lady Day. Released in 1996, "I'm Pullin' Through" is another in a series of recordings by Stephanie Davis, an artist that never fails to provide you with your money's worth of entertainment.
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