Artist: Danette McMahon
No More Excuses
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Danette McMahon
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:02:04
Total Size: 366 MB


Tracklist
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01. Innocent Bystander
02. Come Dance with Me
03. Life Goes On
04. Road Trip
05. Closer to My Dream
06. Naughty Girl
07. Fallin' Deeper
08. Wonderwall
09. My Pity Party
10. Don't Pretend
11. You and Me
12. Good Ol' Days
13. Bluebird
14. The Lady I Never Knew

Danette McMahon fits into a category that is unfortunately long forgotten, that of “singer/songwriter”. This album features her own compositions, and they are all clever in terms of lyrical content and each one has some rich and wide ranging musical qualities. She sings with a confidence, using nuance more than chops, and is backed by a rotating team of Joe LoCascio/p, Anthony Sapp/b, Mark Simmons/ts, Milton Comeaux/perc, Phillip Jones/B3, PauL Chester/g, Woody Witt/ts and a handful of backing voices.

McMahon has a mature feel to her soulful and funky pieces like “ Innocent Bystander” and “Closer To My Dream” while going late night club relaxed with LoCasio on “Life Goes On” . She’s cozy with Chester and flugelhornist Lay Arredando during “You and Me” while gracefully skating with tenorist Woody Witt” on “Falln’ Deeper”. There’s a bit of sass to her delivery on the New Orleans-ish “ Naughty Girl” and she bops with a Wes Montgomery inspired Chester on the hip “Road Trip. Classy lass.~ By George W. Harris