JANE MONHEIT - Live At The Rainbow Room (2003) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Recorded at the famous New York City restaurant on the 65th floor of Thirty Rockefeller Plaza, Live at the Rainbow Room features jazz vocalist Jane Monheit backed by a 31-piece orchestra conducted by Alan Broadbent along with a solid small jazz ensemble featuring, among others, pianist Michael Kanan, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Kenny Washington. A glamorous singer whose cool pin-up persona calls to mind such '50s icons as June Christy and Julie London, Monheit is also an extremely capable singer. Although her understated approach does not incorporate vocalese or instrument-like solos, her crystalline voice and impeccable phrasing should appeal to fans of mainstream modern jazz and American popular songcraft. Throughout the night Monheit delivers classy and sultry versions of such standards as "Just Squeeze Me" and "It Might as Well Be Spring" as well as tackles such bossa nova classics as "Dindi" and "Waters of March" -- a song she refers to as her favorite to perform. by Matt Collar
Tracklist :
1     [Untitled Track] 0:27        
2     Over the Rainbow 6:11
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
3     Just a Squeeze 4:07
Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines
4     Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) 3:45
Jon Hendricks / Vinícius de Moraes
5     Dindi 5:09
Ray Gilbert / Antônio Carlos Jobim
6     More Than You Know 4:05
Edward Eliscu / Billy Rose / Vincent Youmans
7     Since You've Asked 4:24
Judy Collins
8     It Might as Well Be Spring 4:09
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
9     Tea for Two 4:39
Irving Caesar / Vincent Youmans
10     Hit the Road to Dreamland 3:44
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
11     Começar de Novo 6:32
Ivan Lins / Victor Manoel N. Martins
12     It Never Entered My Mind 6:56
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
13     Turn Out the Stars 3:01
Bill Evans / John Lees
14     Haunted Heart 5:08
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
15     Cheek to Cheek 5:15
Irving Berlin
16     Waters of March 4:37
Antônio Carlos Jobim
17     Some Other Time 5:32
Leonard Bernstein / Betty Comden / Adolph Green
Credits :
Arranged By – Alan Broadbent (faixas: 1, 13, 16), Michael Kanan (faixas: 14), Vince Mendoza (faixas: 6, 10)
Bass – Ron Carter (faixas: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16)
Conductor – Alan Broadbent (faixas: 1, 6, 10, 13, 16)
Drums – Kenny Washington (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16)
Guitar – Rene Toledo (faixas: 4, 15)
Guitar [Nylon String] – Rene Toledo (faixas: 3)
Piano – Alan Broadbent (faixas: 12), Kenny Ascher, Michael Kanan (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16)
Vocals – Jane Monheit
Piano, Vocals – Peter Eldridge
Saxophone – Joel Frahm (faixas: 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15)