Jane Monheit, Michael Buble - Taking a Chance on Love
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Artist: Jane Monheit, Michael BubleBrand: MONHEIT,JANE
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Honeysuckle Rose
- In The Still Of The Night
- Taking a Chance on Love
- Bill
- I Won't Dance
- Too Late Now
- Why Can't You Behave?
- Do I Love You?
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Embraceable You
- Dancing in the Dark from "The Band Wagon"
- Over the Rainbow
Free Music Notes for Taking a Chance on Love
Free Music Review: Quality jazz crossover music
Hit: 5 Stars
Billie, Ella and Sarah were great singers of their time although Billie is better appreciated now than in her lifetime while Ella and Sarah took a decade or two to really establish their reputations. This is only Jane's fourth album so maybe she has time to win over the critics yet. Jane won me over with her very first album - her magnificent voice enabling her to record wonderful interpretations of classic songs. This album provides further proof of Jane's brilliance.
The set begins in upbeat style with a great version of Honeysuckle Rose (the Fats Waller classic) with simple but brilliantly effective accompaniment by Geoffrey Keezer (piano), Christian McBride (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums). Next comes the first of three Cole Porter songs on the album, the superb ballad In the still of the night, this time featuring an orchestra conducted by Jorge Calandrelli. Third up is the title track, a bight and breezy song featuring five musicians - Michael Kanan (piano), Orlando Le Fleming (bass), Rick Montalbano (drums), Donald Harrison (alto saxophone) and Miles Okazaki (rhythm guitar). The fourth track is an outstanding ballad, Bill, in which Michael Kanan on piano is the only musician backing Jane. It works superbly. Very different but equally brilliant is the next track, I won't dance, a duet with Michael Buble with an eight-piece horn section and three other musicians.
Thus, the first five tracks are all performed with very different musical backings but each is brilliant in its own way. Somehow, the album hangs together despite the contrasts. This highlights the brilliance of the co-producers, Peter Asher and Al Schmitt. Pop and rock music know about Peter Asher - he started as one half of the singing duo, Peter and Gordon, in the sixties before becoming a record producer. He first made his name as James Taylor's producer before becoming more famous for his work with Linda Ronstadt. I haven't followed his career since then but I'm glad that he's still producing great albums.
The remainder of the album is equally brilliant. Too late now is an excellent ballad featuring four musicians. Next are two Cole Porter songs - Why can't you behave (a great mid-tempo song also featuring four musicians) and Do I love you (a wonderful ballad featuring an orchestra conducted by Alan Broadbent). Then comes a truly inspired version of Love me or leave me, with five musicians. First recorded by Ruth Etting, most people know this from the Doris Day version - she actually recorded it for a tribute movie about Ruth's life, which had plenty of tragedy mixed in with her success. Next is Embraceable you, in which Romero Lumumbo, a guitarist, proves the only musical support for Jane. Dancing in the dark, another classic song, features an orchestra conducted by Vince Mendoza.
Over the rainbow complete an outstanding album. I know -you've heard way too many versions of Over the rainbow and nobody can beat Judy Garland's version. Maybe so, but Judy didn't have the advantage of modern recording technology. While I love Judy's original I know that some (not all) younger listeners, accustomed to the superior sound quality of modern recordings, are unable to accept the limitations inherent in old recordings. Such listeners may prefer Jane's recording. I don't, but I do enjoy it. Actually, if you really want to hear a distinctive version of this song, I recommend the world-weary version that Jerry Lee Lewis recorded in the seventies. It ain't jazz (it's country) but it sure is different from Judy's original. Jane's cover is much more faithful to the original but I love it anyway. Then again, I never tire of hearing the song and I've heard plenty of versions.
I love the traditional ladies of jazz (Billie, Ella and Sarah among them) but there are plenty of great ladies recording great jazz music these days. The influences are there but the current singers all have their own identities. Jane is among the finest of the singers currently around (whatever the critics might say) and seems destined to remain so for many years to come, judged on this album.
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On her fourth album, Taking A Chance On Love, singer Jane Monheit makes her leap to the majors and the fit is a good one. As she's proven on past efforts, Monheit is a traditional stylist who expertly mines American standards by balancing pop's accessible sensibility and jazz's rich complexity. The material could be, and has been, in worse hands than Monheit's--her exceptional technique again brings these songs to life without taking liberties with structure, melody or odd arrangements. It's her exceptional execution, tonal palette, and phrasing that gives these songs a sense of artistry. She also gets subtle support from an impressive cast of sidemen (including guest singer Michael Buble, bassists Ron Carter and Christian McBride, and guitarist Romero Lubambo) in a variety of contexts, ranging from jazz combos to orchestra to vocal-and-single-instrument duets. Highlights include the tender "Embraceable You," the lushly orchestrated "Dancing in Dark" and the jaunty bebop version of "Honeysuckle Rose." ?-Tad Hendrickson
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