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Lani Hall's first solo album in over 20 years, 2022's Seasons of Love is a romantic and heartfelt production showcasing the youthful septuagenarian's warm voice and passion for interpreting pop and jazz classics. While the album is technically Hall's first proper solo recording since 1998's bossa nova-influenced Brasil Nativo, it again features contributions by her husband and longtime collaborator trumpeter/singer Herb Alpert. Together, the couple have enjoyed a later-career resurgence, collaborating on a string of covers- and standards-based albums, including 2009's Anything Goes, 2011's I Feel You, and 2013's Grammy-winning Steppin' Out. Co-produced by Hall and Alpert, Seasons of Love feels very much in keeping with those albums, featuring a mix of older and more contemporary songs that Hall has cherished over the years. Central is the title-track rendition of "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent, which Hall sings with a yearning passion, backed by sparkling piano and Alpert's lyrical trumpet accents. Equally engaging is their bossa nova-infused take on the Wynonna Judd song "You Are" and their contemporary jazz reworking of Bill Withers' classic "Lovely Day," which evokes the work of Sting. Hall also revisits several songs she recorded in past, putting new spins on Peter Cetera's "Happy Woman," which she originally covered on 1975's Hello, It's Me, and Bruce Roberts and Allee Willis' ballad "I Don't Want You to Go" from 1980's Blush, the latter of which she sings in Portuguese. Her love of Portuguese and Latin traditions goes as far back as her time with Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66, and she continues the tradition elsewhere on the album, including on her reading of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters of March," her voice lovingly framed Eduardo del Barrio's lush orchestration. With a career that stretches back over 50 years, Hall has plenty of musical and life experience to draw from and Seasons of Love feels like a joyful celebration of that life.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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PETER CETERA, Composer, Writer - Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Lani Hall, MainArtist
© 2022 Herb Alpert Presents ℗ 2022 Herb Alpert Presents
Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Lani Hall, MainArtist - Jonathan D. Larson, Composer, Writer
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SKIP SCARBOROUGH, Composer, Writer - Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Lani Hall, MainArtist - William H. Withers, Composer, Writer
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Ewan MacColl, Composer, Writer - Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Lani Hall, MainArtist
© 2022 Herb Alpert Presents ℗ 2022 Herb Alpert Presents
António Carlos Jobim, Composer, Writer - Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Lani Hall, MainArtist
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Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Lani Hall, MainArtist - Wynona Judd, Composer, Writer - Gordon S. Kennedy, Composer, Writer - Obed Kirkpatrick, Jr., Composer, Writer
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Bruce Roberts, Composer, Writer - Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Allee Willis, Composer, Writer - Lani Hall, MainArtist
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Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Bobby Troup, Composer, Writer - Lani Hall, MainArtist
© 2022 Herb Alpert Presents ℗ 2022 Herb Alpert Presents
Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Charles Chaplin, Composer, Writer - John Turner, Composer, Writer - Geoffrey Parsons, Composer, Writer - Lani Hall, MainArtist
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GEORGE HARRISON, Composer, Writer - Herb Alpert, FeaturedArtist - Lani Hall, MainArtist
© 2022 Herb Alpert Presents ℗ 2022 Herb Alpert Presents
Album review
Lani Hall's first solo album in over 20 years, 2022's Seasons of Love is a romantic and heartfelt production showcasing the youthful septuagenarian's warm voice and passion for interpreting pop and jazz classics. While the album is technically Hall's first proper solo recording since 1998's bossa nova-influenced Brasil Nativo, it again features contributions by her husband and longtime collaborator trumpeter/singer Herb Alpert. Together, the couple have enjoyed a later-career resurgence, collaborating on a string of covers- and standards-based albums, including 2009's Anything Goes, 2011's I Feel You, and 2013's Grammy-winning Steppin' Out. Co-produced by Hall and Alpert, Seasons of Love feels very much in keeping with those albums, featuring a mix of older and more contemporary songs that Hall has cherished over the years. Central is the title-track rendition of "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent, which Hall sings with a yearning passion, backed by sparkling piano and Alpert's lyrical trumpet accents. Equally engaging is their bossa nova-infused take on the Wynonna Judd song "You Are" and their contemporary jazz reworking of Bill Withers' classic "Lovely Day," which evokes the work of Sting. Hall also revisits several songs she recorded in past, putting new spins on Peter Cetera's "Happy Woman," which she originally covered on 1975's Hello, It's Me, and Bruce Roberts and Allee Willis' ballad "I Don't Want You to Go" from 1980's Blush, the latter of which she sings in Portuguese. Her love of Portuguese and Latin traditions goes as far back as her time with Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66, and she continues the tradition elsewhere on the album, including on her reading of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters of March," her voice lovingly framed Eduardo del Barrio's lush orchestration. With a career that stretches back over 50 years, Hall has plenty of musical and life experience to draw from and Seasons of Love feels like a joyful celebration of that life.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:57
- Main artists: Lani Hall
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Herb Alpert Presents
- Genre: Jazz Contemporary Jazz
© 2022 Herb Alpert Presents ℗ 2022 Herb Alpert Presents
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