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Kickin’ Wiccan, 2024
8/10
The multi-talented artist Ginetta M plays trumpet, sings and composes across these 13 tracks that employ Danny Walsh, Jon Davis, Marcello Pellitteri and Beiden Bullock.
The warm “Ginetta” opens with Davis’ soft keys, before Walsh’s soulful sax enters, and “Blues For Pop-Pop (Holy Man)” follows with an infectious spirit via Pellitteri’s playful drums and Ginetta’s flowing trumpet.
Closer to the middle, “Tell Your Story Walkin’” leads bare before the rhythmic brass and wind help cultivate plenty of grooves, while “Little Sunflower” is an intimate moment thanks to Ginetta’s stirring horn, cozy keys and light drumming.
The classic “Misty” resides near the end, and showcases Ginetta’s powerful and flawless pipes in the dreamy climate, and “Christmas Time” recruits a holiday theme that benefits from Bullock’s precise bass and the frisky singing.
Among the standards are a pair of originals, where Ginetta and her band interpret the classics in their own vision and create plenty of swingin, fun, too.
Travels well with: Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet- Secret Message; Vincent Virgillito- Precondition