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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.

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If you have never had the pleasure, Jane Monheit is the finest vocalist of our time. Her phrasing and flawless delivery are entrancing. In a time where the best "American Idol" can find is six mediocre finalists, the likes of Jane Monheit become ever so needed. When musicicans think of music, and vocalists think of vocals, they think of Jane Monheit. The very best.

"Surrender" To Monheit's Many Charms...You'll Love It

The amazingly talented Jane Monheit, arguably one of the best jazz vocalists of our time, has a new album out...and it meets the high expectations she set with her last two recordings. This time, she's changed record labels, puts more emphasis on the orchestra and her arranger Jorge Calandrelli, and has given her disc a Latin theme. Despite all these changes, Monheit still comes out on top. From the album's langorously beautiful opener, "If You Went Away," the listener is hooked. Though the orchestral arrangements seem a bit heavy-handed at first, they soon grow on the listener, and even then, Monheit makes up for any possible shortcomings with her velvety-smooth voice. Highlights are the sultry and rhythmic "So Tinha de Ser Com Voce," (you'll have it on repeat for ages), the heartbreaking "Moon River" (Calandrelli really hits the mark on this arrangement--the piano is gorgeous), and a very beautiful "Caminhos Cruzados." Jane's high-profile retake of "So Many Stars" is a bit disappointing, however--Sergio Mendes' new arrangement sounds too produced and doesn't really fit Monheit, though she acquits herself astoundingly, as usual. (Besides that, the only low points don't involve the songs on the actual album--it's only that Monheit has joined the "exclusive track" phenomenon with this release...virtually every store has different "exclusive tracks" tacked on to the original recording. As a listener, I'd rather have the complete package rather than having to buy the albums from multiple stores just to get a few extra tracks that should have been included on the original album in the first place. Oh well.) This is a top-notch release from Jane Monheit (of course), a great start at a new label (Concord seems to be treating her well musically), and, typically, leaves us all hungry for more. Let's hope Jane's next album comes quickly.

My Favorite Singer is BACK!

With a lovely, pure, pop-tinged jazz voice, Jane should be a bigger star that Diana and Norah! This new set ditches the jazz standards (mostly... which I really miss) but she tackles South American sounds once again with confidence and verve and... DRAMA. I can't wait to see her live on stage again!

Biography

Born: November 3, 1977 in Long Island, NY

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '00s, '10s

At the tender age of 20, New York vocalist Jane Monheit was the first runner-up in the 1998 Thelonious Monk Institute vocal competition, winning a $10,000 scholarship to further her musical education. Judges couldn't exactly place her sound, which blended natural elegance with a potent yet impressively controlled presentation, and by 2000, Monheit had joined Diana Krall as one of the most highly touted female talents in jazz. That May she signed to N-Coded and released her debut, Never Never Land....
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