Flautist Kim Scott has just released her sophomore project, Rite of Passage, and it is as impactful – if not more so– as her most appealing debut. Here is truly a young lady born to cKim Scott reate this kind of vibe, this kind of all-enveloping touch. With a style so sweet and alluring, Scott takes it where she says her band and producers challenged her to take it – to the next level. She also believes that this CD will hold its own. Well, I’ll go one better and predict that it will surpass the expectations of her and her comrades.

This is about as tight and solid a recording as you could want, and it never misses a step in maintaining that tender airiness that makes it so well-rounded.

Accompanying Scott on this fascinating journey are the guys for whom she rightly holds high regard (and I apologize in advance if I’ve omitted any of the fine members of this great collage of sound): On select tracks, Eric Essix on guitar, Clarence “T Lee” Hill handling keys and drum programming, J “J Fly” Flynn on percussion, James “PJ” Spraggins on drums, keys, piano, percussion, and bass, Sean Michael Ray on bass, Kelvin Wooten on guitar, Keith Williams on guitar, Brandon Pair on drums and percussion, and Phil Davis on keys and drum programming. You may or may not be familiar with some or any of these guys, but trust me when I describe them as a group of wonderfully talented and skilled musicians.