Rickie Lee Jones. - Review - sound recording review

It's Like This (Artemis)

Rickie Lee Jones is, arguably, the greatest song stylist of her generation. Her wise and wistful voice connotes longing and hope--the emotions of a practical-minded dreamer. On this, her tenth album, Jones reinterprets a number of songs that entered the cool lexicon (Marvin Gaye's "Trouble Man"), or should have, long ago (The Mills Brothers' "Up A Lazy River"). Her duet with Joe Jackson, "One Hand, One Heart," is about as moving and theatrical an interpretation of Sondheim's lyrics and Bernstein's music as you'll ever hear. With a little encouragement, Jones could end up being a strong force in the American theater; she has a feel for narrative, and for puffing on a show.

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