melodies are always upbeat and cheerful, the devil being in the double entendres and millisecond-long nuances
and the scat-like phrasing’s occasional
extra bite.
Choffel’s a bohemian, taking the
good and the bad indiscriminately,
and making of something heavy
and encumbering a gift of lightness
and humanity, accepting not relativizing, and sharing, always sharing
because that is what jazz and soul
people do. “Archer” is a gem of perseverance as well; Choffel has been
around awhile, done the full lap yet
hasn’t achieved the kind of recognition she merits, and with her voice
part sulfur part silk, she could very
well veer off into other musical
styles, enchant by the charms of
music and song as a siren would
and corrupt her morals. But she
chooses not to and ultimately that
is precisely what renders “Archer”
such a laudable feat; with her bow
and arrow, Choffel returns and
tears the fables to pieces.
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