Sarah Partridge - Perspective

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:50
Size: 123.2 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Wonder Why
[3:57] 2. Gypsy In My Soul
[4:08] 3. I'll String Along With You
[3:11] 4. Never Never Land
[3:12] 5. Perspective
[4:41] 6. It Could Happen To You
[3:42] 7. My Romance
[3:57] 8. 'tis Better To Have Loved And Lost
[3:42] 9. I'll Take Romance
[3:22] 10. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
[4:51] 11. I Just Won't Let You Go
[3:14] 12. Back In Your Own Backyard
[3:18] 13. Only Trust Your Heart
[5:37] 14. Skylark

Sarah Partridge's recital, Perspective, follows three previous vocal recordings that mark the second half of her dual career as actor and singer. On her current offering, Partridge performs a collection of standards, with pianist Daniel May. that is as fresh and solid as Partridge's perfectly refined voice. The true beauty in Partridge's vocal delivery is her no-nonsense conservative approach to melody. She is much more a song stylist as opposed to a jazz singer, but then again, that is just semantics. Her interpretive gifts come closer to a Frank Sinatra or Barbra Streisand than a Mark Murphy or Betty Carter.

The enduring chestnut "Skylark" is a well-equipped vehicle for Partridge's perfectly balanced voice. The singer and pianist May are well-matched for this famous ballad, both approaching the piece with a careful, quiet grace respectful of its composers, transparently performing the song so that the genius of Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael shines through unimpeded. May's piano is light and melodic, a bed of violets upon which Partridge's warm voice reclines. ~C. Michael Bailey

Sarah Partridge: vocals; Daniel May: piano.

Perspective

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