Vox One's Chameleon is nothing short of fantastic. I needn't have bothered. The first, eponymous track, a Herbie Hancock gem, is a deft blend of traditional vocal jazz ingredients, layered with more contemporary elements like percussion and imitative guitar sounds. Although repertoire is varied, throughout the album the song choices are excellent. Say You Love Me , here replaced by Coltrane, Miles Davis, and surprisingly fresh covers of Danny Boy , Moonglow , and Over the Rainbow .
Soloists are outstanding, and share lead duties admirably, both between and within songs.
Chameleon managed to make me a fan of Vox One - no mean feat in ten tracks. It might do the same for you. One's Chameleon is a great jazz album that starts off on the wrong foot. It opens with a fake electric guitar effect that sets the wrong tone for the rest of the record. The guitar is followed by a keyboard effect that is meant to sound funky but instead sounds synthetic.