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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Once I Walked in the SunWill Jennings, Ivan Lins | Jane Monheit | Play | 05:26 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Some Other TimeLeonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green | Jane Monheit | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Cheek to CheekIrving Berlin | Jane Monheit | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | Tea for TwoIrving Caesar, Vincent Youmans | Jane Monheit | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | Love Has No PrideEric Kaz, Libby Titus | Jane Monheit | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Começar de NovoIvan Lins, Vitor Martins | Jane Monheit | Play | 06:17 | 14 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | It Never Entered My MindLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | Jane Monheit | Play | 06:53 | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| 8 | Haunted HeartHoward Dietz, Arthur Schwartz | Jane Monheit | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | Since You've AskedJudy Collins | Jane Monheit | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Just Squeeze Me | Jane Monheit | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | Chega De Saudade | Jane Monheit | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 52 mins | 120 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 290 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Alias | Percussion |
| 2 | Jim Anderson | Engineer |
| 3 | Kenny Ascher | Duet, Piano |
| 4 | Irving Berlin | Composer |
| 5 | Leonard Bernstein | Composer |
| 6 | Carol Boldish | Package Coordinator |
| 7 | Alan Broadbent | Brass Arrangement, Conductor, Harp Arrangement, String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement |
| 8 | Irving Caesar | Composer |
| 9 | Ron Carter | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 10 | Matthew Clark | Package Design |
| 11 | Judy Collins | Composer |
| 12 | Betty Comden | Composer |
| 13 | Vinícius de Moraes | Composer |
| 14 | Howard Dietz | Composer |
| 15 | Joel Dorn | Audio Production, Producer |
| 16 | Duke Ellington | Composer |
| 17 | Joel Frahm | Sax (Tenor) |
| 18 | Lee Gaines | Composer |
| 19 | Adolph Green | Composer |
| 20 | Paul Gregory | Assistant Engineer |
| 21 | Carl Griffin | Executive Producer |
| 22 | Tom Harrell | Guest Artist, Trumpet |
| 23 | Lorenz Hart | Composer |
| 24 | Jon Hendricks | Composer |
| 25 | Suzi Hornbeek | Hair Stylist |
| 26 | Will Jennings | Composer |
| 27 | Michael Kanan | Arranger, Duet, Piano |
| 28 | Eric Kaz | Composer |
| 29 | Amy Kwong | Art Direction, Design |
| 30 | Ivan Lins | Composer, Guest Artist, Piano, Vocals |
| 31 | Ben London | Editing, Mixing, Overdub Engineer, Overdub Vocal Coordinator, Pro-Tools, Sonic Solutions |
| 32 | Joe Martin | Arranger, Bass |
| 33 | Vitor Martins | Composer |
| 34 | Melanie | Make-Up |
| 35 | Vince Mendoza | Arranger, Brass, Conductor, Guest Artist, Harp, Strings, Woodwind |
| 36 | Jane Monheit | Primary Artist |
| 37 | Brian Montgomery | Assistant Engineer |
| 38 | Jennifer A. Munson | Engineer |
| 39 | Gene Paul | Digital Editing, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Overdubs, Supervisor |
| 40 | Richard Rodgers | Composer |
| 41 | Anthony Ruotolo | Assistant Engineer |
| 42 | Arthur Schwartz | Composer |
| 43 | Allan Titmuss | Photography |
| 44 | Libby Titus | Composer |
| 45 | Rene Toledo | Duet, Guest Artist, Guitar (Nylon String), Percussion |
| 46 | May Ann Topper | Development, Package Concept |
| 47 | Trim DaCosta, Sandra | Project Consultant |
| 48 | Kenny Washington | Drums |
| 49 | Vincent Youmans | Composer |
| 50 | Scott Young | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |