Jane Monheit is one of my mainstream, jazz-flavoured favorites. Her fabulous voice and unique presentation of various mainstream and new songs makes me really like her for parties, dinners and just relaxing. Check out the podcast HERE for more 411 on her previous CD : Surrender
Here honey-flecked voice runs like syrup and she just wraps it around the lyrics and suddenly you are hooked. Her newest CD will be dropping on January 20, on Concord Records, entitled ” The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me”.
Don’t let the name fool you, it’s not all gooey-sweet. Monheit h
as not just included the standards or her favorite songs from the past but she’s pulled awesome material from singer/songwriters like features the songs of contemporary songwriters such as Fiona Apple (“Slow Like Honey”), Corrine Bailey Rae (“Like A Star”) and Paul Simon (“I Do It For Your Love”), alongside such jazz and pop classics as Cole Porter’s “Get Out Of Town,” Jimmy Dorsey’s “I’m Glad There Is You,” Leonard Bernstein’s “Lucky To Be Me,” William C. Barnes’ “Something Cool” (the June Christy classic) and the Brazilian gem, “No Tomorrow,” by Ivan Lins
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“I wanted to do something different with this record,” says Monheit, “and so I chose songs that meant a lot to me in many different ways and from a wide range of songwriters and genres – from female artists my age to celebrated legends.”
Jane Monheit
Accompanying Monheit on “The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me” are long-time Monheit band-members Michael Kanan (piano and Fender Rhodes), Rick Montalbano on drums, and Neal Miner on bass, who were joined on the CD by musicians Peter Bernstein (guitar), Stefon Harris (vibes), Seamus Blake (saxophone), Frank Vignola (guitar), Gil Goldstein (piano, accordion), Romero Lubambo (guitar), Antonio Sanchez (drums), Scott Colley (bass) and Bashiri Johnson on percussion.
streaming audio of SLOW LIKE HONEY..
http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/audio/qtl/Jane_Monheit_Slow_Like_Honey.qtl
http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/audio/asx/Jane_Monheit_Slow_Like_Honey.asx
The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me Track List:
1. Like a Star (5:15)
2. Something Cool (4:56)
3. Slow Like Honey (5:58)
4. This Girl’s in Love with You (4:56)
5. I’m Glad There Is You (5:08)
6. Get Out of Town (3:40)
7. I Do It For Your Love (4:04)
8. I Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart (5:21)
9. Ballad of the Sad Young Men (6:01)
10. No Tomorrow (Acaso) (5:12)
11. Lucky to Be Me (5:26)
12. A Primeira Vez (3:03)
13. Rainbow Connection (4:09)
Jane Monheit Tour Dates
01-20-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-21-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-22-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-23-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-24-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-25-2009 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
01-27-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-28-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-29-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-30-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
01-31-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
02-03-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
02-04-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
02-05-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
02-06-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
02-07-2009 Feinsteins at the Regency New York, NY
02-14-2009 The Hart Theatre at the Egg Albany, NY
02-26-2009 Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles, CA
02-27-2009 Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles, CA
02-28-2009 Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles, CA
03-01-2009 Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles, CA
Jane Monheit Official Site:
http://janemonheitonline.com
Social Network Pages:
Facebook
Youtube.com
Myspace.com
Ilike.com
Buy online through Concord Records
Dig it.. I hope to be reviewing this CD and maybe score an interview. So stay tuned.
Stevie Wilson
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