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Ashleigh Smith's full-length debut album, 2016's Sunkissed, is a languid, sophisticated combination of jazz and R&B that beautifully exhibits Smith's warmly resonant vocals. A graduate of the University of North Texas and winner of the 2014 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, Smith is a gifted singer with a burnished, romantic vocal style. While contemporary in tone, Smith is clearly as adept at delivering a jazz standard as she is a more modern pop tune. Produced by Chris Dunn and Nigel Rivers (who also handles most of the arranging), Sunkissed features a mix of originals and well-chosen pop covers reworked here with a nuanced and expansive soul-jazz style. Cuts like Hall & Oates' "Sara Smile" and the Beatles' "Blackbird" are transformed by Smith and her bandmates into flowing, harmonically rich grooves that touch upon the passionate R&B of Alicia Keys, the '70s soul of Stevie Wonder, and the forward-thinking jazz of Esperanza Spalding. Interestingly, Smith doesn't lock herself into the past -- she delivers an inspired, orchestral soul reading of former boss (whom she sang backup for) Chrisette Michele's "Love Is You." Similarly, Smith's originals, including the Latin-tinged "Best Friends" and the horn-driven "Into the Blue," are highlights that display her broad stylistic range. While Smith certainly has chops to spare as evidenced by her multi-tracked vocal harmonies on the classic standard "Pure Imagination," she generally sings in an understated, supple style that makes for a relaxing and intimate listening experience. In the end, it's Smith's relaxed warmth on Sunkissed that leaves you feeling good.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashleigh Smith, Composer, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Producer, Recording Producer - Joel Cross, Composer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Daryl Hall, Composer - John Oates, Composer - Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashleigh Smith, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashleigh Smith, Composer, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Composer, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Chrisette Michele, Composer - Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - John Roger Stephens, Composer - Ashleigh Smith, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Lennon, Author - Paul Mccartney, Author - Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashleigh Smith, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Keite Young, Composer - Nadia Washington, Composer - Ashleigh Smith, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Composer, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashleigh Smith, Composer, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Producer, Recording Producer - Joel Cross, Composer - Lauren M. Smith, Composer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashleigh Smith, Composer, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Composer, Producer, Recording Producer - Kwinton S. Gray, Composer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Rosana Eckert, Composer - Ashleigh Smith, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Anthony Newley, Composer - Leslie Bricusse, Composer - Chris Dunn, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashleigh Smith, MainArtist - Nigel Rivers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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Ashleigh Smith's full-length debut album, 2016's Sunkissed, is a languid, sophisticated combination of jazz and R&B that beautifully exhibits Smith's warmly resonant vocals. A graduate of the University of North Texas and winner of the 2014 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, Smith is a gifted singer with a burnished, romantic vocal style. While contemporary in tone, Smith is clearly as adept at delivering a jazz standard as she is a more modern pop tune. Produced by Chris Dunn and Nigel Rivers (who also handles most of the arranging), Sunkissed features a mix of originals and well-chosen pop covers reworked here with a nuanced and expansive soul-jazz style. Cuts like Hall & Oates' "Sara Smile" and the Beatles' "Blackbird" are transformed by Smith and her bandmates into flowing, harmonically rich grooves that touch upon the passionate R&B of Alicia Keys, the '70s soul of Stevie Wonder, and the forward-thinking jazz of Esperanza Spalding. Interestingly, Smith doesn't lock herself into the past -- she delivers an inspired, orchestral soul reading of former boss (whom she sang backup for) Chrisette Michele's "Love Is You." Similarly, Smith's originals, including the Latin-tinged "Best Friends" and the horn-driven "Into the Blue," are highlights that display her broad stylistic range. While Smith certainly has chops to spare as evidenced by her multi-tracked vocal harmonies on the classic standard "Pure Imagination," she generally sings in an understated, supple style that makes for a relaxing and intimate listening experience. In the end, it's Smith's relaxed warmth on Sunkissed that leaves you feeling good.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:31
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ashleigh Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2016 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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