She’s a sassy, sultry songtress named Elle Casazza, blogspot
readers, who pumped soulful jazz to contemporary pop vocals into her songs
amidst a full band backing her. There was plenty of heat being felt as her
voice melted the lyrics during the beginning of the set in which perfectly
created a pleasant music atmosphere for her audience. Her style wonderfully
complemented the smoky jazz/adult contemporary vibe (with a little of edgy
blues rhythms) energizing the room around SouthSide. There was some hip swaying
moments ...definitely some toe tapping tunes here and there, blogspot readers,
as this reviewer enjoyed the danceable beat especially when debuting her new
song. While steaming up the mic with her sultry voice within the band’s
downtempo rhythm, SouthSide suddenly noticed something about Elle’s
performance. She got it. She understood how soulfully dynamic and sultry this
vocalist’s voice can get, blogspot readers, but what she couldn’t understand
was why didn’t she demonstrate that vocal power and strength when it truly
counted. In other words, sometimes there was no “wow” factor in this
performance. There were a few opportunities, in this reviewer’s opinion, in
which she should have popped the lyrics to life with a strong tour de force of
vocal (of what SouthSide) calls “oomph”.
For example – “The Body Knows”, that
particular song called for Elle to really pop the lyrics to life ...showing off
just more than how sultry her voice gets with the neo-soul jazz accompaniment
behind her. She could have added a little spice and/or vocal improv (aka
beat-bop) while the band members performed their rockin’ solos during the
song’s instrumental bridge, blogspot readers. Musically – the number was great
but lyrically, Elle could have done more. On the flipside, when performing “Say
Something, Elle did put on a little “wow” factor for the audience but sort of
lost it when doing the title track to the album “For Your Pleasure” where the
band somewhat overpowered her vocally. Good thing she had back up vocalists
assisting her on this particular song or SouthSide wouldn’t have been able to
hear her. At least, she did end with a little “wow” factor. This reviewer was
sorely disappointed that she didn’t totally go “crazy” while covering Prince’s
hit song “Let’s Go Crazy”, blogspot readers. Musically it wasn’t the right fit
for her vocal style since Elle wafted between “soft”, “normal” and “loud and
hardcore” at the same time while singing the lyrics. SouthSide didn’t know if
she was trying to sing and/or talk or both her way through the cover song even
though it finally sparked some of her fans to dance. On the other hand, the
band rocked ...right down to the infamous electric solo despite not hearing
Elle screaming “...crazy...” at the end. Overall, blogspot readers, Elle
Casazza performed a good show. She does rock the stage vocally as well as
musically yet a few songs could use some “wow” factor vocally (especially when
covering a Prince song) amidst her neo-soul/adult contemporary sound. There’s
danceable rhythms for you tap your feet to or shake your hips.
For more information, visit http://www.ellecasazza.com.
Until next time, support your local scene,
SouthSide
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