We launched Jeanne Newhall's new site last evening. Her new CD is becoming available nationwide as of this writing. It is a bit of a new direction for her as every cut is a vocal. I don't want to take the tone of a 'critic' (the soft tones evoke Billy Holiday in her late 'smoky' period) or that kind of style here. However, since I have had three versions of the CD for nearly 6 months - working versions - I have had them consistently in my rotation both at work and at home.
For those of you who are not familiar with her work, Jeanne is a remarkably talented pianist and composer who crosses many idioms with surprising ease. Classical, latin, jazz... it seems almost second nature for her. This CD, her 14th, is warm, inviting and a bit introspective. I will quote from her site here. If you would like to hear a collection of tunes that will stay with you for quite a while, take a listen to "Wild Blue." My favorites? "Ev'rything But The Sun", "This Kind of Life" and "The Real Story." But, actually I like them all.
Congratulations Jeanne.
A mix of contemporary and original material, WILD BLUE opens with Bruce Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart” (“I couldn’t resist that song. It got under my skin. There’s so much love in it,” she says,) and closes with “These Foolish Things” (“It’s the kiss at the end.”). Newhall’s poignant, powerful delivery brings a new intimacy to the former’s bittersweet lyrics and indelible melody, and her savvy take on the Marvell & Strachey jazz standard bookend a collection that takes the listener through the borderlands of life and love, heart and soul. The album’s introspective title track was written by Nashville-based Grammy-winner Marcus Hummon. Newhall discovered the song when a friend gave her a cassette with the admonition “You should know about Marcus.”
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