Time: 43:55
Size: 100.5 MB
Styles: Cabaret, Easy Listening
Year: 2013
Art: Front
[3:10] 1. Lucky To Be Me
[4:27] 2. Midnight Sun
[3:36] 3. In The Glow Of You
[2:22] 4. The Years Kisses
[3:45] 5. Yesterday / Yesterdays
[4:11] 6. Down In The Depths
[7:52] 7. I Will Wait For You / Watch What Happens
[6:44] 8. Memory Of The Rain / Come In From The Rain
[2:33] 9. There's No You
[3:07] 10. Two For The Road
[2:03] 11. Thanks For The Memory
Singer Shaynee Rainbolt has teamed up with musical director, conductor, and pianist Donn Trenner for a month of Fridays at the Metropolitan Room. Trenner has had quite an illustrious career, having worked with some of the biggest names in music and show business, among them Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Ann‑Margret, Lena Horne, Anita O’Day, José Feliciano, and Steve Allen. Originally from California, for the past several years Rainbolt has been performing fairly steadily in New York venues and internationally, garnering MAC and Bistro Awards along the way. Having seen her perform many times over the years, I can say that in this engagement she is doing her best, her most mature work to date.
Mind you, I thought she was good when I first heard her seven years ago, but now everything has fallen into place: she brings to each song a combination of solid musicianship and equally strong lyric detail, with nary a misstep or infelicitous choice; what’s more, her voice has deepened into a beautiful burnished gold. I don’t know whether this growth stems from her collaboration with Trenner or is simply the latest stage in her ongoing artistic development. Some of each I should think. But whatever the source, it’s pretty wonderful to see. ~Roy Sander
Mind you, I thought she was good when I first heard her seven years ago, but now everything has fallen into place: she brings to each song a combination of solid musicianship and equally strong lyric detail, with nary a misstep or infelicitous choice; what’s more, her voice has deepened into a beautiful burnished gold. I don’t know whether this growth stems from her collaboration with Trenner or is simply the latest stage in her ongoing artistic development. Some of each I should think. But whatever the source, it’s pretty wonderful to see. ~Roy Sander
Two For The Road