Reviewed by Tim Holden

Juanita Faas is a talented Canadian jazz pianist and 'Attitudes' is her second release. A predominantly instrumental album, it explores a myriad of jazz, and other, styles, from the "conga line" rhythmic arrangement of the opening "Wonderful Words Of Life", through some 12 bar blues in "Standing In The Need Of Prayer" to the blend of smooth piano and almost operatic vocals of the closing track, "The Lord's Prayer". Everything is filled with a real life and soul that comes from Juanita's expression of her character and faith through her music and is helped by the production being top notch for most parts. The experimentation is really let loose in the interesting combination of rap and jazz in "Attitudes 1" and "2". Here Juanita lets rapper Diversebeats loose to rap based on the book of Proverbs with an almost acid jazz backing which works surprisingly well. A great album if you find jazz touches your soul and you like a bit of experimentation and variation with it!

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