DreamLand

Vocalist Libby York gives casual and intimate servings of standards with the deft team of guitarist Randy Napoleon and bassist Rodney Whitaker, with drummer Keith Hall sitting in for a handful of mellow tones. There's a maturity to her calm enunciation of pieces like the gentle "Cloudy Morning" and patient "Estrada Branca". She sits well with Napoleon, soft together on "Something Cool" and the spacious "When October Goes" while going into dark territory with Whitaker on "Throw It Away" and going hipster on "Moon Ray". Hall's brushes waft with York on "It's Love" add a subliminal pulse to "An O ccasional Man". York is at her cooing best on "Mountain Greenery" and the fun "Rhode Island Is Famous For You, displaying her subtle sense of swing. Proving a lot by showing she has nothing to prove.