MUSIC REVIEW BY George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Vocalist Mai-Liis teams up with a core of David Lee Joyner-Darin Clendenin/p, Brian Monroney/g, Clipper Anderson/b, Mark Ivester/dr and a handful of cameo guests on this collection of originals. She's got a sandied tone to her style, working well on the pretty and thoughtful "Book" and slinky with Alexey Nikolaev's tenor on "New Year's Ditty". There's a street savvy feel to her sauntering on the bluish "What If I Met You Then", while she enunciates well to Monroney's strut on "Daddy's Girl Blues" The horns give an indie feel to "Spring Time" while the fingers snap on the world-wise "Elmo". Observant vocals.
