Dolores Scozzesi
A Special Taste
Rombus Records
www.rhombus-records.com
By George W. Harris

Here’s a singer with a charmingly unique voice and approach to song. Dolores Scozzesi has an old world sound to her pitch, an Iberian lilt that gives a Mediterranean worldliness to her treatment of standards like “My One and Only Love” and Tin Pan Alley hits “When Did You Leave Heaven.” Adroitly supported by Gary Fukushima or Eli Brueggeman/key, David Derge/dr, Tim Emmons/b, and Grant Geissman or Goh Kurosawa/g, she delivers clever readings of a pair of Bob Dylan tunes, of which “One More Cup Of Coffee” has an alluring Andalusian warmth, while “Autumn Leaves” rustles like elm branches. Mark Winkler, who produced this mature disc, contributes his own “Jazz Is A Special Taste” which has Scozzesi delivering world wise lyrics with the heart of a lion. Impressive release here.