Candy Dulfer - Right in My Soul (2003)
MP3 | CBR | 320kbps | covers | 148MB - RS
Jazz / Smooth Jazz / Instrumental Pop | Release Date: May, 2003 | Label: Eagle
Right in My Soul is something far more commercial, an R&B album of smooth jazz wrapped in pseudo-electronica beats and loops. Having added singing to her act a few albums back, Dulfer mainly focuses on vocal pop tunes, utilizing her saxophone for lite-funky asides. Some of the tracks are pleasant enough, featuring catchy, melodic hooks and passable improvisation, and even with the trite lyrical content this could have been, at worst, another average smooth jazz release from an artist who promises so much more — Dulfer was discovered by Prince and grew up listening to Sonny Rollins, for cryin' out loud. The real problem is the leaden, synthetic production which despite — or maybe because of — utilizing elements of electronic music styles such as jungle, drum'n'bass, and hip-hop jazz, comes off as pedestrian and ineffectual. Had Dulfer produced Right in My Soul ten years ago, it would have been hailed as innovative. Now, it sounds at least five years out of date.