SOPHIE MILMAN - Make Someone Happy (2007) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Sophie Milman exudes confidence on her second solo effort, though she draws material from a much wider range of music styles for this session. The singer is still a fine interpreter of standards and show tunes, offering a flirtatious "People Will Say We're in Love" as a solid opener and an imaginative setting of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" that showcases harmonica player Gregoire Maret and pianist Paul Shrofel. The addition of a droning opening vamp in "Fever" updates Peggy Lee's hit while keeping its hypnotic flavor intact. Arranger Cameron Wallis is added on tenor sax for Milman's torchy interpretation of "Make Someone Happy," while he wrote the bossa nova "Reste (Stay)" in which she negotiates the multilingual lyrics flawlessly. The singer swings like mad in Shrofel's playful "So Long, You Fool." Some of Milman's choices from pop don't work quite as well. Composer Randy Bachman is an added guest for his "Undun" (a hit for the Canadian rock band the Guess Who), though it sounds bogged down. A number of Stevie Wonder's songs have become favorites of jazz musicians, but "Rocket Fever" quickly becomes tiresome and never shakes its pop flavor. Sophie Milman deserves high praise for not playing it safe and taking some chances for this outing, which is warmly recommended. by Ken Dryden  
Tracklist :
1     People Will Say We're in Love 3:08
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
2     Something in the Air Between Us 4:12
Marc Jordan / Steven MacKinnon
3     Rocket Love 4:33
Stevie Wonder
4     So Long, You Fool 3:04
Paul Shrofel
5     Matchmaker, Matchmaker 3:16
Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick
6     Like Someone in Love 3:30
Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke   
7     Make Someone Happy 4:00
Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne
8     (It's Not Easy) Bein' Green 4:41
Joe Raposo
9     Reste 3:21
Cameron Wallis
10     Fever 5:13
Eddie Cooley / John Davenport
11     Undun 3:38
Randy Bachman
12     It Might as Well Be Spring 3:36
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
13     Eli, Eli (A Walk to Caesarea) 3:39
Hannah Senesh
14     Stay 3:31
Cameron Wallis
15     Save Your Love for Me 4:49
Buddy Johnson
Credits :
Randy Bachman - Composer, Guitar (Electric)
Guido Basso - Flugelhorn
Jerry Bock     Composer
Vern Dorge - Flute (Alto)
Robyne Dunne     Hair Stylist
Alan Hetherington - Percussion
John "Snakehips" Johnson - Clarinet (Bass), Flute
Anne Lindsay - Violin
Grégoire Maret - Harmonica
Sophie Milman - Vocals
Kieran Overs - Bass
Rob Piltch - Guitar
Paul Shrofel -     Arranger, Composer, Piano
Claudio Vena -     Viola
Jill Vitols - Cello
Cameron Wallis - Arranger, Clarinet, Composer, Flute, Sax (Tenor)