Pianist and vocalist Aimee Nolte delivers soft and gentle tones as she mixes and matches with a team including John Clayton/b, Bruce Lett/b, James Yoshizawa/dr, Mike Scott/g and Doug Webb/wwinds . She delivers a gorgeous solo piano rendition of her own “For A While” as well as a delicate piano and vocal “You Should’ve” likewise flexibly dueting with the legendary bassist Clayton on a cooing “Bye Bye Blackbird.” Her chords are Debussyesque for a reflective “This One Hurts” while in a quartet formation she bops in a folksy way on “Looking For Answers” and gets a bit saucy on a Latin and fun “I Gotta Get.” The overall mood is one of plaintive atmospheres, with breezy sways or lilting pulses as Nolte’s lyrics draw you into her reflective world of observations.Aimee Nolte: Looking For The Answers
Pianist and vocalist Aimee Nolte delivers soft and gentle tones as she mixes and matches with a team including John Clayton/b, Bruce Lett/b, James Yoshizawa/dr, Mike Scott/g and Doug Webb/wwinds . She delivers a gorgeous solo piano rendition of her own “For A While” as well as a delicate piano and vocal “You Should’ve” likewise flexibly dueting with the legendary bassist Clayton on a cooing “Bye Bye Blackbird.” Her chords are Debussyesque for a reflective “This One Hurts” while in a quartet formation she bops in a folksy way on “Looking For Answers” and gets a bit saucy on a Latin and fun “I Gotta Get.” The overall mood is one of plaintive atmospheres, with breezy sways or lilting pulses as Nolte’s lyrics draw you into her reflective world of observations.