JANE MONHEIT - Surrender (2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

At once crisply assertive and lovingly sensual, vocalist Jane Monheit is the jazz equivalent of the young and charming grade school teacher you secretly nurtured a crush on. A sophisticated bombshell of a performer with a voice that is, like her appearance, voluptuous and flawlessly pretty, Monheit has garnered well-earned comparisons to such icons as Ella Fitzgerald and the goddess of vocal pop, Barbra Streisand. In that sense, her sixth studio album, Surrender, is, at first glance, not dissimilar from her past work. Recorded with her working combo including husband and drummer Rick Montalbano, Surrender is a ballads-heavy album that features a mix of jazz standards, reworked pop tunes, and several bossa nova numbers. What is different is the focus and presentation of Monheit. Rather than featuring her here simply as a singer fronting a jazz band, Surrender is a cinematic showcase, a Broadway-sized coming-out party that finds Monheit's voice framed against sweeping orchestration and glossy, Technicolor arrangements. This is Monheit the vocal diva, the superstar. by Matt Collar
Tracklist:
1 –Jane Monheit If You Went Away 3:55
Soloist [Saxophone] – Ari Ambrose
Written-By – Marcos Valle, Paulo Valle, Ray Gilbert
2 –Jane Monheit Surrender 4:19
Soloist [Guitar] – Miles Okazaki
Written-By – Peter Eldridge
3 –Jane Monheit With Ivan Lins Rio De Maio 4:21
Acoustic Bass – Dave Carpenter
Guitar, Soloist [Guitar] – Ramon Stagnaro
Recorded By [Ivan Lins] – Guilherme Reis
Vocals, Keyboards [Yamaha S-90 Keyboard] – Ivan Lins
Written-By – Celso Viafora, Ivan Lins
4 –Jane Monheit Like A Lover 5:28
Soloist [Saxophone] – Ari Ambrose
Written-By – Alan Bergman-Marilyn Bergman, Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta
5 –Jane Monheit Só Tinha De Ser Com Você 4:42
Soloist [Saxophone] – Ari Ambrose
Written-By – Aloysio de Oliviera, Antonio Carlos Jobim
6 –Jane Monheit With Sergio Mendes So Many Stars 4:18
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements], Synthesizer – Peter Wolf 
Bass – Alphonso Johnson
Drums, Percussion – Mike Shapiro 
Piano – Sergio Mendes
Producer, Arranged By – Sergio Mendes
Recorded By – Paul Ericksen
Written-By – Alan Bergman-Marilyn Bergman, Sergio Mendes
7 –Jane Monheit Moon River 4:41
Soloist [Piano] – Michael Kanan
Written-By – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
8 –Jane Monheit Overjoyed 5:44
Arranged By – Miles Okazaki
Soloist [Saxophone] – Ari Ambrose
Written-By – Stevie Wonder
9 –Jane Monheit With Toots Thielemans Caminhos Cruzados 4:57
Harmonica – Toots Thielemans
Recorded By [Toots Thielemans] – Daniel Leon
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca
10 –Jane Monheit A Time For Love 5:05
Cello – Dane Little, David Speltz, Timothy Landauer
Double Bass [Basses] – Michael Valerio, Nico Abondolo
French Horn – Justin Hagerman*, Paul Klintworth, Richard Todd
Harp – Gayle Levant
Soloist [Saxophone] – Ari Ambrose
Viola – Alma Fernandez, Kazi Pitelka, Suzanna Giordano, Thomas Diener, Victoria Miskolczy
Violin – Ana Landauer, Anatoly Rosinsky, Darius Campo, Irina Voloshina, Kevin Connolly, Margaret Wooten, Raphael Rishik
Woodwind – Gary Foster, James Walker, Joseph Stone
Written-By – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Credits:
Acoustic Bass – Orlando Le Fleming
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Miles Okazaki
Arranged By [Background Vocals] – Jane Monheit, Jorge Calandrelli (tracks: 3)
Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra] – Jorge Calandrelli (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10)
Cello – Armen Ksajikian (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Christina Soule (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Larry Corbett (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Stephen Erdody (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10)
Contractor [Music] – Joseph Soldo
Drums – Rick Montalbano
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Jane Monheit
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Michael Kanan
Saxophone – Ari Ambrose
Synthesizer – Jorge Calandrelli (tracks: 2, 3, 8)
Viola – Brian Dembow (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Carrie Holzman (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), David Walther (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Harry Shirinian (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Raymond Tischer (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Roland Kato (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9)
Violin – Assa Drori (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Bruce Dukov (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Dynell Weber (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Johana Krejci (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Katia Popov (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Lisa Dondlinger (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Miran Kojian (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Phillip Levy (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Rebecca Bunnell (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Robin Olsen (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Ronald Folsom (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Songa Lee-Kitto (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Tamara Hatwan (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9), Yue Deng (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10)