Eden Atwood - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Eden Atwood is a young singer whose appeal sometimes compensates on her second Concord release for a few shortcomings. She has a clear and attractive voice and is at her best on ballads but occasionally (as on "Not While I'm Around") borders on being a cabaret singer. In contrast, on the uptempo mateiral her scatting and improvising skills are not fully mature nor all that adventurous. To her credit she gives her sidemen (particularly Ken Peploski on clarinet and tenor) plenty of solo space on the more cooking material. Atwood does write intelligent lyrics (best are "Silent Movie" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"), is quite expressive on the ballads and shows versatility but at this point she does not stand apart from the crowd of young jazz vocalists. Her future progress should be worth watching though.
~ Scott Yanow, AMG

Track Listings:
1. For Every Man There's a Woman
2. Twilight World
3. Silent Movie
4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
5. You've Changed
6. My Ship
7. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
8. Right as the Rain
9. I'm Glad There Is You
10. Never Let Me Go
11. Not While I'm Around

Personnel:
Eden Atwood, vocal
Allen Farnham, piano
John Goldsby, bass
Alan Dawson, drums
Jesse Davis, alto sax
Ken Peplowski, tenor sax and clarinet

Recorded: NYC, October 5-7, 1993