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Stacey Kent (voc); Jim Tomlinson (voc, sax); Colin Oxley (g); David Newton (p, keyb, voc); Dave Chamberlain (b); Matt Home (dr); Curtis Schwartz (backing voc)
Tracks:
The Best Is Yet To Come
The Boy Next Door
The Trolley Song
Que Reste-T-II De Nos Amours?
Say It Isn't So
Too Darn Hot
Makin' Whoopee
What The World Needs Now Is Love
You've Got A Friend
I Got It Bad
Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee
People Will Say We're In Love
'Tis Autumn
All I Do Is Dream Of You
I Get Along Without You Very Well
You're The Top
Que Feras-Tu De Ta Vie?
Bookends
label: Pure Pleasure
Stacey Kent?s unique, distinctive style could best
be described as classic chic; the musical
equivalent of the 'little black dress'. Just as
the little black dress has the power to let a
woman's personality shine through, Ms Kent's
delicately nuanced interpretations of the Great
American Songbook eloquently showcase the complex
melodies and classy, sophisticated lyrics of
American popular music during its golden ages.
Vocally, Ms Kent has never sounded better. And
there is so much to admire: her dulcet-toned mezzo
soprano, with its shimmery jazz lilt and
translucent vibrato, her innate sense of swing and
instinctive timing, her subtly shaded line
readings, and the exquisite delicacy of her
phrasing. A master storyteller and communicator,
Ms Kent also brings a comparative literature
graduate's acute interpretive skills to her
singing, eschewing shopworn sentimentality for a
piquant romantic lyricism.
Ms Kent's album, 'The Boy Next Door', is a
heartfelt and reverent tribute to her musical
heroes, which include legendary crooners Frank
Sinatra and Dean Martin, octogenarian jazz master
Dave Brubeck and Manhattan cabaret doyen Bobby
Short. The stylish jazz chanteuse's repertoire
also finds her working outside the Great American
Songbook for the first time, with contributions
from latter-day pop songwriters Burt Bacharach,
Paul Simon and Carole King. Ms Kent puts her own
indelible stamp on each number as she weaves her
magic on a delectable collection of pop-jazz
standards that encompass infatuation, seduction,
love, loss and reminiscence.
Ms Kent receives impeccable support from her
sleek, urbane jazz quintet, whose rhythmic fluency
is further enhanced by the tasteful, literate
arrangements. Newton and Tomlinson, both
accomplished musicians in their own right, also
display hitherto unknown musical talents as they
join Curtis Schwartz to provide tongue-in-cheek
backing vocals for Ms Kent's deliciously bouncy
rendition of 'Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee'.
Recording: February 2003 at Curtis Schwartz
Studios in Ardingly, UK, by Curtis Schwartz
Production: Jim Tomlinson
Kat.č.: PP 9993 (LP - audiofilský vinyl), Pure Pleasure , cena: 1249.00 Kč, EAN: 5060149621370 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů