Putumayo Presents “Women of Jazz"
Release Date: October 28, 2008
(Release dates vary by country)
Putumayo celebrates the rich tradition of women in jazz with a collection of extraordinary female vocalists including Cassandra Wilson, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Stacey Kent and more
Putumayo's latest release, Women of Jazz, showcases the originality and artistry of 10 exceptional female vocalists from North America. This collection offers extraordinary artists from several eras legends who have inspired today's generation, stars of the contemporary jazz world and young women just now starting to make their mark on jazz history. Women of Jazz captures the depth and diversity of the female jazz experience.
Women of Jazz includes original songs alongside classic 1920s ballads and Broadway show tunes. A true reflection of the creativity of todays female jazz artists, their songs often combine jazz with unexpected influences such as rhythm and blues and country ballads.
Melody Gardots song “Goodnite" showcases her subtly hip and swinging style. Madeleine Peyroux, whose sultry voice resembles that of Billie Holiday, turns Leonard Cohen's folk song into a jazz classic. Sophie Milman, winner of Canada's 2007 Juno award for best jazz vocal album, gives an inspired performance that incorporates gypsy violin and klezmer.
Several songs add a contemporary twist to well known tunes. Cassandra Wilson, a world-renowned jazz innovator, provides a modern take on the classic “Lover Come Back to Me." Hope Waits rendition of “I'll be Satisfied," a 1950s rhythm and blues hit for crooner Jackie Wilson, sounds as if it had been written today by a contemporary singer-songwriter. Kate Paradise, part of the new generation of jazz musicians, provides her vocal improvisation of the classic tune “Mean to Me." Jennifer Hartswick, who was a guest vocalist on several of the band Phish's recordings, offers a new version of Billie Holidays Lover Man. Also on the collection, rising star Stacy Kent sings “Shall We Dance?" from “The King and I."
Della Griffin, who sang with doo-wop and jazz groups in New York in the 1950s and spent most of the 1970s and 1980s as the featured artist at Harlem's Blue Book Club, offers her interpretation of the jazz standard “It Could Happen to You." Etta Jones, a jazz and blues legend, closes the album with the classic “Since I Fell for You."
Women of Jazz will be jointly released with A Jazz & Blues Christmas, a festive yuletide collection that brings together tracks by Ray Charles, B.B. King, Ramsey Lewis, Charles Brown, Topsy Chapman and other talented musicians. Both CD's expand Putumayo's growing jazz series, which includes Latin Jazz and New Orleans.
TRACK LISTING
Release Date: October 28, 2008
(Release dates vary by country)
Putumayo celebrates the rich tradition of women in jazz with a collection of extraordinary female vocalists including Cassandra Wilson, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Stacey Kent and more
Putumayo's latest release, Women of Jazz, showcases the originality and artistry of 10 exceptional female vocalists from North America. This collection offers extraordinary artists from several eras legends who have inspired today's generation, stars of the contemporary jazz world and young women just now starting to make their mark on jazz history. Women of Jazz captures the depth and diversity of the female jazz experience.
Women of Jazz includes original songs alongside classic 1920s ballads and Broadway show tunes. A true reflection of the creativity of todays female jazz artists, their songs often combine jazz with unexpected influences such as rhythm and blues and country ballads.
Melody Gardots song “Goodnite" showcases her subtly hip and swinging style. Madeleine Peyroux, whose sultry voice resembles that of Billie Holiday, turns Leonard Cohen's folk song into a jazz classic. Sophie Milman, winner of Canada's 2007 Juno award for best jazz vocal album, gives an inspired performance that incorporates gypsy violin and klezmer.
Several songs add a contemporary twist to well known tunes. Cassandra Wilson, a world-renowned jazz innovator, provides a modern take on the classic “Lover Come Back to Me." Hope Waits rendition of “I'll be Satisfied," a 1950s rhythm and blues hit for crooner Jackie Wilson, sounds as if it had been written today by a contemporary singer-songwriter. Kate Paradise, part of the new generation of jazz musicians, provides her vocal improvisation of the classic tune “Mean to Me." Jennifer Hartswick, who was a guest vocalist on several of the band Phish's recordings, offers a new version of Billie Holidays Lover Man. Also on the collection, rising star Stacy Kent sings “Shall We Dance?" from “The King and I."
Della Griffin, who sang with doo-wop and jazz groups in New York in the 1950s and spent most of the 1970s and 1980s as the featured artist at Harlem's Blue Book Club, offers her interpretation of the jazz standard “It Could Happen to You." Etta Jones, a jazz and blues legend, closes the album with the classic “Since I Fell for You."
Women of Jazz will be jointly released with A Jazz & Blues Christmas, a festive yuletide collection that brings together tracks by Ray Charles, B.B. King, Ramsey Lewis, Charles Brown, Topsy Chapman and other talented musicians. Both CD's expand Putumayo's growing jazz series, which includes Latin Jazz and New Orleans.
TRACK LISTING
- Melody Gardot, Goodnite
- Madeleine Peyroux, Dance Me to the End of Love
- Cassandra Wilson, Lover Come Back to Me
- Sophie Milman, Lonely in New York
- Hope Waits, Ill Be Satisfied
- Kate Paradise, Mean to Me
- Jennifer Hartswick, Lover Man
- Stacey Kent, Shall We Dance?
- Della Griffin, It Could Happen to You
- Etta Jones, Since I Fell for You
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