The answer is yes. And the question? "Is the music as sexy as the album cover?"
The suggestively named - well, when you put it in the context of the pictures - "Use Me" has an air of moonlit sensuality that cannot be denied or resisted. Opening with a snappy cover of the Bill Withers title track, saxophonist Amy Lee (http://www.amyleesax.com) has created a mood movie on her latest album. This isn't your generic smooth jazz; every composition is played with as much heartfelt feeling as well as technical precision.
The upbeat "Across the Water" and the playful "Why You Wanna" allow Lee to display her considerable skills as a sax player, evoking a variety of moods, but her band is exceptional, too, generating wonderful chemistry. Listen to the dynamic bass in "Across the Water" or in "Coming Home" how everybody locks into a sizzling groove.
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"Traz Da Lua," one of the few songs with vocals on it, is utterly beautiful. But even better is "More to Love," a gorgeously soulful ballad sung by Geoff McBride.
However, with or without words Lee paints pictures with her sax, moving the heart and the mind with the brush strokes of her lips and fingertips. This is a classy, electrifying effort.
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