Benita Hill - Noir

Size: 111,1 MB
Time: 47:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Nobody But You (4:19)
02. A Man Will Spoil Your Momentum (3:26)
03. The Loving Years (3:04)
04. Sure Could Use A Friend (3:02)
05. Frost Me (4:02)
06. Suite En Bleu (6:26)
07. Better Than I Was To You (4:40)
08. I Carry A Torch (2:44)
09. Two Loners (4:08)
10. Love Is Really Love In A Song (3:45)
11. Only Love Knows (4:26)
12. Let The Bird Fly (3:33)

NOIR is a carefully curated series of songs I’ve written about love and life … often the darker side of experiences that can torment us, sometimes shape us … but ultimately make us stronger.Emotionally honest, painfully beautiful- Every broken heart leads to the truth.

Benita Hill's sultry, jazz inflected vocals have been praised by fans and critics alike,opening shows for such jazz luminaries as Michael Franks,Boney James,Chuck Mangione and Kirk Whalum..Her seamless transition between pop, jazz and country songwriting has also garnered her respect from many top artists who have recorded her songs, such as Garth Brooks,Crystal Gayle,Kirk Whalum, Isaac Hayes and others.

MC
Ziddu

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Benita Hill - I'll See You In My Song / Take Five

Album: I'll See You In My Song
Size: 121,3 MB
Time: 52:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Love Came On Stealthy Fingers (4:04)
02. Go Slow (2:24)
03. Sausalito In The Summertime (3:33)
04. I Knew Him In New York (3:13)
05. I'll See You In My Song (3:58)
06. Born To Be Blue (5:02)
07. You've Ruined It For Me (3:59)
08. I Go To Extremes (2:50)
09. Besame Mucho (5:29)
10. The London I Remember (3:05)
11. Here's That Rainy Day (3:53)
12. I Can Dream Can't I (4:37)
13. That's For Me (2:00)
14. I Don't Have A Care In The World (3:57)

All who hear Benita Hill might be considered privileged, but I, having accompanied her, am doubly lucky. I’ll See You in My Song, though, takes the listener about as close as one can go to the heart of her music without actually playing with her on a gig. Benita’s exquisite phrasing, not to mention her ability to caress every nuance from a lyric, stand her out among even the best singers of our time. What’s most impressive to me is how much expression she achieves by simply singing the melody. Without even a single, show-offish scat, she uses a few well-timed oohs to turn “Go Slow” into a memorable experience. And her graceful negotiation of the difficult leaps in Bob Dorough’s “Love Came on Stealthy Fingers” draw attention not to her technique, strong though it is, but to the song. That in and of itself would win over any listener or even jaded accompanist, but add to it the fact that some of these great songs â€" six, to be exact â€" are in fact co-written by Benita, and her conquest is complete: As a writer, too, she knows how to capture the class and resonance and staying power of the older gems she covers so well. Her performances leave me in love with all these wonderful tunes, and that, to me, is what the great song stylists do. I can¹t wait to start playing them myself or to put this CD on again and hear Benita do them as they deserve to be done.

I'll See You In My Song

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Album: Take Five
Size: 38,6 MB
Time: 16:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Vocals: Jazz/Pop
Label: Benita Hill
Art: Front

01. Raining In Rio (4:46)
02. Wineglow (3:30)
03. You've Got Something I'm Sure Gonna Miss (3:32)
04. Valentine Gift To Myself (2:08)
05. The Bow (2:34)

Take Five

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Benita Hill - Fan The Flame / Tangerine Moon

Album: Fan The Flame
Size: 106,1 MB
Time: 45:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Jazz/Pop
Art: Front

01. Old Love Letters (3:01)
02. Fan The Flame (3:09)
03. Something Old, Something Blue (2:56)
04. I'm Not Satisfied (3:56)
05. Here's To Love (3:39)
06. Winter Fire And Snow (2:52)
07. You And The Weatherman Lied (2:48)
08. Two Faces In A Texas Moon (2:57)
09. Walkin' After Midnight (2:15)
10. Take The Keys To My Heart (2:36)
11. Baptize Me In Your Love (4:08)
12. Look Homeward Angel (3:57)
13. How Are Things In Paradise (3:15)
14. Dreams That Don't Come True (3:42)

NASHVILLE- Two number one songs by Garth Brooks-and she's not even country!In the world of jazz, Benita Hill's one-two punch is hitting its mark. The former background singer for the Allman Brothers Band released her first critically acclaimed CD, Fan The Flame, and established herself as a silky-voiced stylist and hit songwriter. "Old Love Letters", the first single from the album, gained popularity across the U.S. as well as Europe; and Hill has shared the stage with Boney James, Chuck Mangione, Kirk Whalum and Bobby Lyle.
Fan the Flame elicited these raves:
"One of the top ten albums of the year"(Entertainment At Home),"An immensely involving vocalist"(Billboard),"Sexy enough to put a eunuch in the mood"(Charles Earle, In Review),"Music with a languid, timeless quality that draws on pop standards and cocktail jazz...a stylist on the order of Julie London or Peggy Lee"(Michael McCall, Nashville Scene),"An exquisitely crafted recording from an amazing talent"(Brent Clanton,KODA,Houston).
Her second CD, Tangerine Moon, features the title cut and fourteen songs ranging from the sultry Southern style "Dream About You" to a swinging "More Money". Warner Brothers recording artist Norman Brown lends his extraordinary smooth guitar on two songs. The final cut on the album, "It Was Your Song" is Benita's touching and emotional tribute to her mother, Carmen Revelle, who in the 1950's sang with a big band that broadcast live on NBC radio from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
Jazz from Nashville? Jazz at its purest freely interprets myriad influences.Benita's standard-sounding original songs crossed so many boundaries that even Garth Brooks is a fan and was moved to record three of her compositions."Take The Keys To My Heart" and "Two Pina Coladas" (also a #1 single) were on his Sevens album and "It's Your Song" (renamed as a dedication to his mother) was the first single from his Double Live CD.
Benita's limited edition Christmas release, Winter Fire And Snow (written by Brendan Graham and Macdara Woods) was one of the top selling CDs of the 2000 season and was the Tennessean's critic's choice as best album of the season.
Benita has brought her original music and vocal stylings to audiences everywhere from Chicago,Myrtle Beach, Houston, London, Dublin and Rome. Her road to success has been a roller coaster ride of the highest highs and lowest lows imaginable.The thrill of having Garth Brooks, one of the world's biggest recording artists, record her songs. Divorced, and with a son to care for, finding she had lymphoma. Fully recovered now and with two top singles, Benita is here to stay. She has proved her artistry and her mettle.

Fan The Flame

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Album: Tangerine Moon
Size: 135,0 MB
Time: 57:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Jazz/Pop
Art: Front

01. Dream About You (2:23)
02. Water Water Everywhere (3:44)
03. More Money (3:38)
04. Two Pina Coladas (4:24)
05. Holdin' On To Nothin' (4:01)
06. Love For The Taking (4:42)
07. Valentine Gift To Myself (4:10)
08. Tangerine Moon (2:54)
09. Lookin' For A New Old Man (4:14)
10. When Your Baby's Not Your Baby Anymore (2:47)
11. Two Afternoons In December (3:46)
12. Somebody's Lookin' For You (3:46)
13. All We Know Of Love (4:04)
14. Just Outside Your Heart (3:36)
15. Yours - It Was Your Song (5:34)

Her second CD, Tangerine Moon, features the title cut and fourteen songs ranging from the sultry Southern style “Dream About You” to a swinging “More Money”.

"An exquisitely crafted recording from an amazing artist" -- Brent Clanton, KODA-FM, Houston

"It's (It Was) Your Song" says everything I've ever wanted to say to my mom" -- Garth Brooks

"She's a talented song crafter and her delicate, frosted glass voice is perfect for her ideas" -- Rusty Russell, Music Row Magazine

Tangerine Moon

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