JANE MONHEIT - In The Sun (2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Jane Monheit's third album attempts to combine a number of elements: jazz standards, Brazilian repertoire, ballads lushly orchestrated by Alan Broadbent and Vince Mendoza, and even pop vehicles originally sung by Linda Ronstadt and Judy Collins. The young vocalist is usually at her best fronting a small combo; here one wishes she had relied more on her working band with pianist Michael Kanan, bassist Joe Martin, tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, and drummer/husband Rick Montalbano. It is they who provide this record's most rewarding moments: Martin reharmonizes Ellington's "Just Squeeze Me"; Kanan presents a funky take on "Cheek to Cheek" and duets with Monheit on an unusually slow "Tea for Two." On these tracks one can hear Monheit taking vocal risks, testing her mettle with bluesy inflections and bold peaks in volume. Much of the rest of the album is closer to Streisand than Sarah Vaughan, however. The final four tracks bog down in slow tempos and a vanilla-syrup aesthetic; her Portuguese-language rendition of Ivan Lins' "Comecar de Novo" seems especially contrived. But her duet with guitarist Rene Toledo on "Chega de Saudade" is more convincing, and Lins' guest appearance on his own "Once I Walked in the Sun" provides some lilting harmonic tensions. by David R. Adler
Tracklist :
1     Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) 4:01
Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines
2     Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) 3:17
Jon Hendricks / Vinícius de Moraes
3     Once I Walked in the Sun 5:26
Will Jennings / Ivan Lins
4     Some Other Time 5:07
Leonard Bernstein / Betty Comden / Adolph Green
5     Cheek to Cheek 4:48
Irving Berlin
6     Tea for Two 4:21
Irving Caesar / Vincent Youmans
7     Love Has No Pride 4:31
Eric Kaz / Libby Titus
8     Começar de Novo 6:17
Ivan Lins / Vitor Martins
9     It Never Entered My Mind 6:53
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
10     Haunted Heart 4:15
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
11     Since You've Asked 3:44
Judy Collins
Credits :
Arranged By – Alan Broadbent (faixas: 4, 10), Joe Martin (faixas: 1), Michael Kanan (faixas: 5), Vince Mendoza (faixas: 8, 11)
Bass – John Martin (faixas: 1), Ron Carter (faixas: 3, 4, 5, 9, 10)
Body Percussion – Rene Toledo (faixas: 2)
Drums – Kenny Washington (faixas: 3, 4, 5, 9), Rick Montalbano (faixas: 1)
Guitar – Rene Toledo (faixas: 2, 3)
Percussion – Don Alias (faixas: 3)
Piano – Ivan Lins (faixas: 3), Kenny Asher (faixas: 7), Michael Kanan (faixas: 1, 5, 6, 8, 9)
Tenor Saxophone – Joel Frahm (faixas: 5, 9)
Trumpet – Tom Harrell (faixas: 8)
Vocals – Ivan Lins (faixas: 3), Jane Monheit