AusJazz Blogger and Sunday Herald Sun reviewer Roger Mitchell, posted a 4 STAR review of The Mothership Orchestra album.  Read the review and enjoy a track taken from the album too!

"It is testimony to the talents of six arrangers, 17 Mothership musicians and vocalist Berardi that her compositions are rendered so sensitively.

Under saxophonist David Theak’s direction the ensemble displays such subtlety, exquisite control and empathy that Berardi’s evocative and finely crafted vocals are given vital space.

The soloist is able to weave with fluidity and agility between layers of instrumentation, the sensibility and insight of her lyrics — exemplified in Ode to Oli and The Old Fashioned Way — never lost despite the ensemble’s size.

And vocal solos are not the only attraction of this outing. Given the improvisational room, Mothership players deliver in spades."

Download: Ode to Oli, Mr Jackson

File between: Mace Francis Orchestra, Johannes Luebbers Dectet

ROGER MITCHELL
This review appeared in the Play liftout of the Sunday Herald Sun on October 2, 2011