Anne Burnell - Blues In The Night: Songs By Harold Arlen

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:21
Size: 140.5 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[4:10] 1. Blues In The Night
[3:38] 2. A Woman's Prerogative
[5:17] 3. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
[5:10] 4. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
[5:35] 5. Last Night When We Were Young
[5:20] 6. Over The Rainbow
[5:49] 7. Stormy Weather
[5:25] 8. Paris Is A Lonely Town
[4:03] 9. Come Rain Or Come Shine
[5:40] 10. Ill Wind
[6:43] 11. The Man That Got Away
[4:25] 12. Happy With The Blues

Burnell's engaging performance style instantly grabs the ear, and she does here what she does so well. ~ Jeff Rossen, Cabaret Scenes, March, 2005.

Anne Burnell, formerly Anne Pringle, has been performing to sell-out crowds at large festivals and small clubs in the Chicago area for 12 years. She’s been seen at The Taste of Chicago and The Taste of River North, as well as at The Metropole Room (Fairmont Hotel), Toulouse on the Park, Pop’s for Champagne, and Davenport’s Cabaret with her pianist/vocalist Mark Burnell. The Burnell duo have also had successful engagements in New York City at Don’t Tell Mama, Rose’s Turn, and Judy’s*Chelsea, in Amsterdam at Media Café B&W and in Paris at Les Trois Maillets.

Blues In The Night: Songs By Harold Arlen

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Anne Burnell - Blues In The Night - Songs By Harold Alden

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:12
Size: 140,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:09)  1. Blues in the Night
(3:38)  2. A Woman's Prerogative
(5:18)  3. Happiness is a Thing Called Joe
(5:09)  4. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
(5:35)  5. Last Night When We Were Young
(5:19)  6. Over the Rainbow
(5:48)  7. Stormy Weather
(5:24)  8. Paris is a Lonely Town
(4:03)  9. Come Rain or Come Shine
(5:39) 10. I'll Wind
(6:43) 11. The Man That Got Away
(4:22) 12. Happy With the Blues

Despite having chosen Arlen songs with primarily sad lyrics, Anne Burnell's CD is not one of those collections of laments which "cry" out to be listened to with a pint of whiskey and a quart of self-pity. She does not wallow in melodrama, and the light, jazzy arrangements keep things sunny enough, despite the foreboding musical weather forecast: "Stormy Weather," "Ill Wind" and "Come Rain Or Come Shine." She seems to be "Happy With The Blues," a 1961 tune with a lyric by Peggy Lee (it also served as the title of a biography of Harold Arlen - sadly, his biographer Edward Jablonski died about a year before the centennial kicked off). Known as Anne Pringle before her marriage to pianist Mark Burnell, who plays solidly on the CD and co-produced it with her, the singer is based in Chicago.

Ms. Burnell has a likeable, sincere, unpretentious quality but does not always sound comfortable and in the center of the note. It's odd, because when she's on target, she is fine and in sync with the big picture of the arrangement and the musicians. She phrases naturally and easily, rarely losing the story of the lyric, even when she and the players are also going for a jazz lick. Count Basie Band alumnus Bob Ojeda provides the tasteful arrangements and is a major asset, featured in trumpet solos. More variety in vocal and instrumental colors and tempi would have been welcome. "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe" is more thoughtfully done than some of the others, and wins favor by including the verse, and is one of three tracks with the welcome, prominent addition of solo violin. The band is strong here, but his CD can't be wholeheartedly recommended, even though its heart is clearly in the right place. http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/mar1505.html

Award winning Jazz vocalist Anne Burnell, formerly Anne Pringle, releases her new CD "Blues in the Night: songs by Harold Arlen" as part of this great American composers centennial celebration.
Harold Arlen wrote "Stormy Weather", Come Rain or Come Shine", "Over the Rainbow" and many more. With arrangements by Count Basie Band veteran, Bob Ojeda, the CD features some of jazz's all time great performers including Ojeda on trumpet, former Frank Sinatra trombonist Bill Porter, and Chicago's own legendary violinist Johnny Frigo. Anne Burnell performs at festivals and clubs including the 2004 Chicago Humanities Festival, and five consecutive years at Chicago's largest music festival, The Taste of Chicago. She performed with her husband, pianist/vocalist Mark Burnell throughout Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York and toured internationally in Amsterdam, Italy, and Paris. "She can send shivers down your spine" - Chicago Tribune"I could listen to her for hours"- NBC Chicago  http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7171541&style=music

Blues In The Night - Songs By Harold Alden

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Anne Burnell - Sunny Days And Dreamy Nights

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:04
Size: 137,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:32)  1. They Can't Take That Away from Me
(5:11)  2. Moment to Moment
(5:06)  3. Something I Can Feel
(6:04)  4. A Time for Love
(5:07)  5. Goin' Out of My Head
(4:20)  6. Too Late Now
(2:47)  7. San Juan
(5:48)  8. (They Long to Be) Close to You
(4:58)  9. Dreamsville
(5:12) 10. Right By You
(4:28) 11. I Got Lost in His Arms
(2:16) 12. The Best Things in Life Are Free
(4:09) 13. Don't Ever Leave Me

Anne Burnell’s new release "Summer Days & Dreamy Nights" celebrates the friendship between the Chicago singer/songwriter and renowned guitarist Henry Johnson who plays acoustic and electric on this 13 track set. Her last release “Blues in the Night", which featured arrangements by Count Basie Band veteran Bob Ojeda and paid tribute to the composer Harold Arlen, garnered airplay nationwide on numerous NPR and jazz radio stations charted top ten status on CMJ charts.  Anne performs at festivals and clubs throughout the midwest including 5 years at the Taste of Chicago, and Andy's Jazz Club. 

An accomplished pianist/vocalist/arranger, Mark is one of Chicago’s most sought after musicians, working with a wide array of talent, including Bobby McFerrin, Dave Frishberg, Connie Francis, Laurel Masse, Sharon McNight, Laura San Giocomo, Richie Cole, Mark Murphy, Howie Mandel, and Seth Myers. The Chicago Sun-Times hailed Mark’s work as “silky smooth and highly polished”, and Cabaret Hotline praised him as “one of the most talented pianists and arrangers I’ve seen”. In 2009 and 2010 Mark was a Master Instructor at the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. He taught at Carnegie Mellon University for 10 years. Mark and his wife Anne were named in“Chicago’s Top Ten” for 2002 & 2003 by New York’s Cabaret Hotline. From Paris, Amsterdam to New York, they have delighted audiences the world over with their unique jazz/pop and a cappella stylings. They have performed at some of the Windy City’s top spots including Davenport’s, Park West and Drury Lane Water Tower Theatre with Chicago Cabaret Professionals. They sang the national anthem for the Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Chicago Fire, and the Special Olympics. Their acclaimed CD of duets “Little Things We Do Together” has been featured on Chicago radio stations WGN, WXRT, WDCB and nationally on Radio One Network. Bio ~ http://www.burnellmusic.com/bio.html

Sunny Days And Dreamy Nights

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