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I Love Your Smile ... But...

Pisal S. | Thailand | 11/08/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have a soft spot for beautiful woman especially if they can play the Saxophone. That has to do with my childhood obsession with a popular manga called "Orange Road", but anyway, I have to admit that the reason I bought Kaori Kobayashi's debut album intially was of that reason.



Anyway after buying the CD, the quality of the CD was better than I anticipated. In this album, most of the track are new material except for the cover of "Nothing's Gonna Change my Love for You". In this album the artist plays the saxophone and composed a few songs. There isn't anything entirely fascinating or new, though I do find the album to be bright, fun, and somewhat catchy - which is well reflected in the track "I Love Your Smile" which has an extremely catchy hook to it. Most of the songs are standard fusion jazz pieces with a little of DJ influence in some of the more upbeat tracks which is well defined in the track opening "Solar". Most of the other songs are mostly listenable, though not what I consider to be a masterpiece. Though I would recommend this artist, I want to point out that the album seems to lack some polish like some of the older and more established saxophone artists out there.



If you are looking for a bright enjoyable and easy to listen jazz album, then this is one option to consider, otherwise if you are a serious jazz fan, then there might be something other albums higher on the pecking order."