Producer and saxman
Houston Person has a knack for working with soulful singers -- along with his longtime cohort
Etta Jones, he's helmed sessions for Charles Brown,
Lorez Alexandria,
Dakota Staton and many others. Person's latest discovery is
Everett Greene, a 64-year-old Indianapolis native sporting a classic sound on this, his debut recording. He's got a deep, rich baritone with a good share of vibrato -- not so much in the
Johnny Hartman school, but a definite throwback to earlier, vintage crooners like
Billy Eckstine,
Arthur Prysock and Earl Coleman. A lightly swinging backup combo, led by Person, puts
Greene in a comfortable groove on this all-standards set. Nothing earthshattering, but enjoyable. ~ Frank Federico