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Jane Monheit followed her 2004 Sony debut, Taking a Chance on Love, with the Christmas album The Season. It's an inevitable release. Monheit's star has risen consistently -- she's one of the darlings (or saviors) of contemporary vocal jazz alongside artists like Madeleine Peyroux and Norah Jones -- so something as pretty and easily salable as The Season ensures even more name recognition. Which is just fine. Monheit's rich, if mannered delivery is perfect for the classics ("Sleighride," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), and her interpretations of "I Love the Winter Weather/I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (where Ella Fitzgerald's influence is strong) and the Carpenters ("Merry Christmas Darling") mix striking professionalism with a gentle, breathy swagger that's pretty endearing. Monheit worked with her usual quartet for The Season, though the arrangement for "Merry Christmas Darling" is filled out with a string section and the horns on "The Man with the Bag" combine with Monheit's winsome, scatting vocal to really take it out of time. Is this 2005 or a classic Perry Como special? The Season is a nice holdover for Monheit, a chance to have some fun with some standards while keeping her name and wonderful voice top of mind.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donny Hathaway, Composer, Lyricist - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer - Nadine McKinnor, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Pooler, Composer, Lyricist - ROB MOUNSEY, Arranger - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer - Richard Carpenter, Composer, Lyricist - Miles Okazaki, Arranger - Rick Montalbano, Arranger
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Stanley, Composer, Lyricist - Dudley A. Brooks, Composer, Lyricist - ROB MOUNSEY, Arranger - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer - Irving Taylor, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer - Karl Suessdorf, Composer, Lyricist - John Blackburn, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Kanan, Arranger
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mitchell Parish, Lyricist - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Leroy Anderson, Composer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer - Michael Kanan, Arranger
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Hugh Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Ralph Blane, Composer, Lyricist - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - H. Jaffe, Composer, Lyricist - ROB MOUNSEY, Arranger - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Irving Berlin, Composer, Lyricist - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jule Styne, Composer, Lyricist - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Sammy Cahn, Composer, Lyricist - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lyricist - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer - Johnny Marks, Composer - Miles Okazaki, Arranger
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ROB MOUNSEY, Arranger - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer - H. Gillespie, Lyricist - J. F. Coots, Composer - Michael Kanan, Arranger
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a divisiono of Sony Music Entertainment
Jane Monheit, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - L. Jenner, Composer, Lyricist - DAVID FOSTER, Composer, Lyricist - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer - Robert Wells, Composer - Al Schmitt, Producer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Jane Monheit followed her 2004 Sony debut, Taking a Chance on Love, with the Christmas album The Season. It's an inevitable release. Monheit's star has risen consistently -- she's one of the darlings (or saviors) of contemporary vocal jazz alongside artists like Madeleine Peyroux and Norah Jones -- so something as pretty and easily salable as The Season ensures even more name recognition. Which is just fine. Monheit's rich, if mannered delivery is perfect for the classics ("Sleighride," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), and her interpretations of "I Love the Winter Weather/I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (where Ella Fitzgerald's influence is strong) and the Carpenters ("Merry Christmas Darling") mix striking professionalism with a gentle, breathy swagger that's pretty endearing. Monheit worked with her usual quartet for The Season, though the arrangement for "Merry Christmas Darling" is filled out with a string section and the horns on "The Man with the Bag" combine with Monheit's winsome, scatting vocal to really take it out of time. Is this 2005 or a classic Perry Como special? The Season is a nice holdover for Monheit, a chance to have some fun with some standards while keeping her name and wonderful voice top of mind.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:13
- Main artists: Jane Monheit
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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