Time: 53:18
Size: 122.0 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2004
Art: Front
[5:34] 1. Summertime
[3:42] 2. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Of Mine
[3:10] 3. Old Black Magic
[5:46] 4. The Nearness Of You
[3:27] 5. Fly Me To The Moon
[4:35] 6. Get Here
[2:23] 7. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
[6:17] 8. You're Looking At Me
[4:50] 9. My Love
[4:59] 10. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
[3:33] 11. Cheek To Cheek
[4:56] 12. Imagine
Nicole Henry: vocals; Mike Orta: piano; Paul Shewchuk: bass; Danny Burger: drums.
Had I seen her web site beforehand—promoting her as a "singer, actress, host, model"—I might actually have been less inclined to buy this album. Performers who make a living based on looks as well as vocal talent are often lacking in one or both categories, but Nicole Henry proves she's capable of both. The Nearness Of You, her first full-length jazz album, certainly qualifies as a swinging album of standards, but probably lacks the distinctiveness necessary to get the South Florida resident much notice beyond the regional scene. Henry possess a strong middle-range voice and a sensible lyrical sense that finds her adding a nice amount of spice to familiar tunes without venturing into extreme regions where anyone of less than absolute top-echelon talent usually gets unpleasantly exposed.
The Nearness Of You finds Henry in the company of many other performers in the early stages of their recording careers who show promise. The question is now whether she will continue developing similar to a performer like Dianne Reeves—whose wildly uneven jazz and pop albums from her early days have given way to a string of Grammy successes—or try achieving wider recognition by veering fully into the pop field. Either way, that's where the modeling and acting efforts may pay off—other attractive performers have certainly achieved widespread notoriety with lesser material than this. ~Mark Sabbatini
Had I seen her web site beforehand—promoting her as a "singer, actress, host, model"—I might actually have been less inclined to buy this album. Performers who make a living based on looks as well as vocal talent are often lacking in one or both categories, but Nicole Henry proves she's capable of both. The Nearness Of You, her first full-length jazz album, certainly qualifies as a swinging album of standards, but probably lacks the distinctiveness necessary to get the South Florida resident much notice beyond the regional scene. Henry possess a strong middle-range voice and a sensible lyrical sense that finds her adding a nice amount of spice to familiar tunes without venturing into extreme regions where anyone of less than absolute top-echelon talent usually gets unpleasantly exposed.
The Nearness Of You finds Henry in the company of many other performers in the early stages of their recording careers who show promise. The question is now whether she will continue developing similar to a performer like Dianne Reeves—whose wildly uneven jazz and pop albums from her early days have given way to a string of Grammy successes—or try achieving wider recognition by veering fully into the pop field. Either way, that's where the modeling and acting efforts may pay off—other attractive performers have certainly achieved widespread notoriety with lesser material than this. ~Mark Sabbatini
The Nearness Of You
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