The intricacy of Jazz. The sophistication of Soul. The infectiousness of Funk. The emotive quality of Blues. It’s all there, all swirling around to gorgeously seductive effect on this latest slice of sass courtesy of Portland, OR, based sensation Shelly Rudolph. If those there genres all seem like they had their golden age sometime in the past, Shelly is here to prove such notions wrong and about as wrong as you could possibly get.
I Love Love is not only a lovely sentiment; it is also a fantastic song, one that gathers the great and good of the jazz-soul world to her cause. Not only does the renowned Charlie Hunter blend guitars, both four-string and six-string variety, into a groovesome mesh of ornate sounds, but the impossibly emotive, distant delights of Cyrus Naibipoor’s muted trumpet add an additional air of mystique to the proceedings. Reinhardt Wolfgang Melz’s deft and delicate drums drive all of this along at a perfect pace.
Of course, the icing on the cake is Shelly Rudolph’s warm and welcoming vocals and impressive range, which runs from gentle, hushed tones to sonic crescendos.
Not only do songs such as I Love Love remind us that those timeless sounds are regarded as timeless for a reason, but artists such as Shelly Rudolph remind us that not only are those genre’s respective golden ages far from over, but it sounds like a new high point is just around the corner. Play the song and tell me I’m wrong.
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