Madeleine Peyroux - Half the Perfect World
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Free Music Review: Peyroux video available
Hit: 5 Stars
I stumbled across two video selections of Madeleine Peyroux singing for Minn Public Radio. "Half the Perfect World" and "It's Alright" can be found at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/ongoing/video/
Free Music Review: Half the Perfect World
Hit: 3 Stars
I really love her voice but I am not too keen on several of her arrangements of well known hits on this CD. Overall I was a bit disappointed.Free Music Review: among the top current vocal jazz artists
Hit: 4 Stars
Madeleine Peyroux stands out among current jazz singers - the comparisons to Lady Day are inevitable and appropriate. But, to say the obvious, Ms. Holiday has been gone a long time, and it's high time a talented singer picked up something of her approach and ran with it. I'd say Madeleine Peyroux is as good as any to handle this golden baton.
On Half the Perfect World Madeleine Peyroux takes possession of the melodic, pocket true style of jazz singing that I prefer. It's a style that 'sells the song' exquisitely, and the result is a record that is true to jazz but also quite approachable.
It's excellent; I reserve the fifth star for groundbreaking work, and I don't think this one qualifies as pioneering. I'm sure I'll play it often and for a long time, and I look forward to following Ms. Peyroux's work in the future.
Free Music Review: Sounds just like a modern day you know who....
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been a Billie Holiday fan for years and had heard of Madeleine Peyroux and that she sounded like Billie, but I never took it seriously. I figured no way - how can someone sound like Billy Holiday? Well, it turns out Madeline Peyroux can! I've been listening to all of her albums and while this one isn't my favorite (I like "Careless Love" the best.) It is a good album and I think she is trying to break out a little from the Billie mold here (though just a teensy bit.) Clearly though with all her music she *is* trying to sound like Billie (she's not exactly singing heavy metal is she?) and at first I wasn't sure how I felt about such a perfect imitation. In the end I figured who cares? Might as well stop resisting and enjoy. The fact is this is good music and there are worse things then doing a near perfect impression of one the most famous singers of all time. Free Music Review: Keep it coming........
Hit: 5 Stars
Madeleine's personal problems are all too well known; they may have affected the quantity of her output, but the quality remains superb.
This album is a follow-on to "Careless Love", and lives up to all of our high expectations. Madeleine is, once again, covering proven winners, and she's so good that she makes them her own. The duet, "River", with k. d. lang is a particular joy. From her much earlier album, "Dreamland", Madeleine has shown an equal facility in English and French, which is to be expected, given her years in Paris.
If you want to here jazz done right, don't miss this; the girl can REALLY sing.