JANE MONHEIT: SURRENDER (2007)

JANE MONHEIT:
A cantora de jazz norteamericana, Jane Monheit, nasceu em Oakdale, Long Island, em 3 de novembro de 1977. Pertencente a uma família musical, estudou clarinete e teoria enquanto atuava e cantava em produções teatrais locais. Ela tinha 17 anos quando começou formalmente seu treinamento vocal com Peter Eldridge (vocalista do New York Voices) na Manhattan School of Music. Em 1998, ficou em segundo lugar entre vocalistas na Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition - diante de um júri composto por Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nnenna Freelon, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves e Joe Williams. Em 2000, Jane lançou seu primeiro álbum, "Never Never Land", acompanhada por notáveis, como o pianista Kenny Barron, o baixista Ron Carter e o saxofonista David "Fathead" Newman. Never Never Land ficou na Billboard Jazz chart por quase um ano, e foi votado o Best Debut Recording do ano por membros da Jazz Journalists Association. A partir daí, sua carreira decolou e já alcança sete álbuns gravados. JM á apaixonada pela música brasileira e já se apresentou em shows no Brasil várias vezes.

(*)Hoje mesmo, dia 2/7/2009, Jane está no Brasil, para apresentações no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo.
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JANE MONHEIT
Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977) is a jazz vocalist. She has collaborated with artists such as Michael Bublé, Ivan Lins, Terence Blanchard and Tom Harrell, and has received Grammy nominations for two of her record ings. Jane Monheit was raised in Oakdale, New York on Long Island. She began singing professionally while attending Connetquot High School in Bohemia,N.Y. from which she graduated in 1995. As a student at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, she studied voice under Peter Eldridge. Along with Tierney Sutton and Roberta Gambarini, she was a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Vocal Competition in 1998, losing to Teri Thornton. She and her husband, drummer Rick Montalbano, currently reside in New York. They have one child. An international artist, Jane has performed at most of the major concert halls, cabarets and jazz venues around the globe. She has released seven albums and two DVDs, and has appeared as a guest artist on many others. Jane spends most of the year on tour with her band which currently includes Michael Kanan on piano, Neal Miner on bass, and Rick Montalbano on drums.
(Source: wikipedia, edited by CB)
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ALBUM REVIEW
This is really something different. Instead it’s a singer whose vocal prowess is phenomenal and she’s just as beautiful as her voice. Grammy nominated Monheit has just dropped her seventh album and still finds there’s a goldmine of songs in the pop/jazz repetoire to sing— and bring her own tone, "voice", personality to each one of these songs and make them her own. Produced by the magician producer, Jorge Callandrelli (Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand and more, Surrender features 10 tracks of fab ballads and sexy and romantic bossa novas. Now you might not recognize all these names but you do know Stevie Wonder and Jane covers Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed” in a magical way. She also worked with Sergio Mendes’ on his “So Many Stars,” which he produced, arranged and guests on, along with Johnny Mandel & Paul Francis Webster’s “A Time for Love.” There’s so much depth to these songs, that they don’t sound like classics but fresh material. Working with her core of musicians including Ari Ambrose (saxophone), Michael Kanan (piano and Fender Rhodes), Orlando Le Fleming (bass), Rick Montalbano (drums) and Miles Okazaki (guitar), Monheit has shown us that not only can she do the classics, but she can take contemporary material and make it gorgeous as well as venture into Brazilian jazzy bossa nova beats and produce a lush, sexy "meet me in Rio" feel to these amazing songs - and she’s very very good at interpreting the romance of the language.
(Souce: LA-Story.com, edited by CB)
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MINHA OPINIÃO
A ótima cantora de jazz Jane Monheit, bastante conhecida do público brasileiro, neste álbum totalmente dedicado à bossa nova - o sexto de sua carreira - conta com as participações especiais de seu grande amigo Ivan Lins e Sergio Mendes, que aparecem nas faixas “Rio De Maio” e “So Many Stars”, respectivamente. Em “Caminhos Cruzados”, a de Tom Jobim e Newton Mendonça, o gaitista Toots Thielemans é o convidado especial. As faixas “Overjoyed” (Stevie Wonder), “A Time For Love”, (J. Mandel/P.F. Webster) e "Moon River" (Mancini/Mercer) também ganharam vestimenta de bossa nova e completam o "colar de pérolas". Destaque para os belos arranjos do argentino Jorge Callandrelli. Uma jóia de CD!
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JANE MONHEIT: SURRENDER (2007)

PERSONNEL:
Ari Ambrose (saxophone)
Michael Kanan (piano and Fender Rhodes)
Orlando Le Fleming (bass)
Rick Montalbano (drums)
Miles Okazaki (guitar)

Special guests:
Sergio Mendes - piano, (track 06)
Ivan Lins - voice, (track 03)
Toots Thielemans - harmonica, (track 09)

INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS: Jorge Callandrelli

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
01. If You Went Away
02. Surrender
03. Rio De Maio
04. Like A Lover
05. So Tinha De Ser Com Você
06. So Many Stars
07. Moon River
08. Overjoyed
09. Caminhos Cruzados
10. A Time For Love