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Jacqui Dankworth

Detour Ahead

Candid CCD 79796

Inhabiting broadly the same stylistic area (and employing the same basic trio: bassist Alec Dankworth, guitarist Mike Outram, drummer Roy Dodds) as Jacqui Dankworth's earlier Candid release, As the Sun Shines Down on Me, Detour Ahead is both immediately attractive and subtle enough to reward repeated listening.

Dankworth's great strengths are a wonderfully flexible voice that enables her to move easily and unaffectedly between passionate declamation and intimate confidences; a sympathy with and understanding of a lyric's meaning that result in her forging a close bond with the listener; and taste wide and deep enough to allow her to select songs from any source (standards, bossa nova, contemporary balladry, her own experiences) and imbue them with originality.

A tender visit to 'But Beautiful' is juxtaposed with an almost lilting 'On the Street Where You Live'; a discreetly propulsive Paul Simon song, 'Train in the Distance' with an achingly emotional version of 'Not Like This' (made famous by Al Jarreau), but whatever she's singing, Dankworth immerses herself in a song's emotional world every time she picks up the microphone, and this highly highly enjoyable album should serve as an appetiser for her equally lively, wide-ranging and skilfully programmed live performances.