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APPETIZERS

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NEW ON CD

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Jane Roman-Pitt's music rides the
line between New Age folk and torch
jazz. Neither a crooner nor a belter,
she defies categorization on her new
CD, Peace Of The River.
With its nearly 50-50 split
\-'---->tween originals and covers, Roman-
Pitt's latest work recalls Cassandra
Wilson's New Moon Daughter. But
whereas Wilson's delivery is smoky
noir cool, Roman-Pitt's voice is crys-
talline and more somber. It also
would be a safe bet that Wilson's
repertoire has never included material
based on ancient Indian scriptures or
campfire songs.
—' Peace Of The River boasts both. The
title track was first learned by Roman-
Pitt, 48, as a Girl Scout at the age of
10. "It just kind of came back to me
as an adult, and somehow, as it came
back, it turned more and more strange
until finally I came up with this
arrangement," says Roman-Pitt.
Elsewhere, like any interpreter
worth her set list, Roman-Pitt takes
:.fisting material and reinvents it.
Taking big risks, she recasts the
Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" as a
plaintive piano lullaby, gives "The
Sunny Side Of The Street" the torch
treatment, injects the title track with
gospel flair and gently swings "Look

To Today" (whose lyrics come from
the ancient scripture Upanishads).
Roman Pitt's original compositions
are on the whole upbeat affairs
imbued with a positive, uplifting,
lyrical twist. Curveballs
like the
gorgeous bossa nova "She Walks Like
A Whisper" that recalls Wilson's
"Solomon Sang" and "Where The
Sky Meets The Future," featuring Ed
Sarath's brilliant fluglehorn work —
keep things from getting too formu-
laic.
Stylistically, the music, performed
by a crack squad of Ann Arbor's
finest, is pure jazz. Roman-Pitt's
vocals are, however, pure old-school
folk. Imagine Joan Baez with half a
martini under her belt, backed by the
McCoy Tyner Trio, and that's the
CD's lead-off track, "I Forgot About
The Stars."
From the get-go, pianist Rick Roe
sets a breezy cushion for Roman-Pitt
to rest her voice upon. The track, with
its "stop and smell the roses" message,
sidesteps New Age sappiness in favor
of a torchy flavor and a Porteresque
lyrical spirit.
Roman-Pitt's material selection was
not the only risky thing about this
release. In a musical climate where the
success of an independently released
CD such as Peace Of The River is con-
tingent on touring, Roman-Pitt, a
graduate student at Eastern Michigan

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