May 1999

Ronny Whyte
Whyte Wolf (The Songs of Tommy Wolf)
Audiophile

By Patricia Myers

New York vocalist-pianist Ronny Whyte has a sophisticated style that's well-suited to the work of composer Tommy Wolf, whose coalition with lyricist Fran Landesman produced "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most." That jazz standard and 15 other Wolf originals are delivered beautifully on this tribute with bassist Boots Maleson and drummer Taro Okamoto. Among other top-rated songs are "You Smell So Good," "I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco" and "This Little Love of Ours."