Jennifer Scott - Le Temps De L'Amour

Size: 117,9 MB
Time: 50:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Latin Jazz
Art: Front

01. La Vie En Rose '16 (2:57)
02. Oblivion (5:02)
03. Brindo (3:43)
04. Le Temps De L'amour (2:55)
05. Perfidia - La Mer (5:54)
06. Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour (4:17)
07. Besame Mucho (4:26)
08. Vuelvo Al Sur (4:22)
09. Corcovado (4:06)
10. La Nuit Est Sur La Ville (4:11)
11. Chega De Saudade (4:12)
12. Preparense (4:16)

Genre-defying, dulcet vocals spin and dip through French and Latin classics, producing gems that are elegant, playful, and passionate.

Jennifer Scott's debut album, Le temps de l'amour, reflects a musical archeology that began in years of classical piano, expanded into French and Spanish vocals, and culminated in a kaleidoscope of French and Latin music that evokes the unpretentious glamour of the 60’s. The soft, haunting melodies of Françoise Hardy and Astrud Gilberto receive new life in an album that shifts effortlessly from Paris and bossa nova to neo-tango and Cuban classics. Yet the cosmopolitan feel of the tracks sound just as wonderful in the park, at the beach or at home with friends. A jolt of champagne to kick off spring!

Le Temps De L'Amour

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Jennifer Scott - Mile 41

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:41
Size: 115,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:27)  1. Clean Up Your Own Backyard
(4:41)  2. Devon In Yorkshire
(2:52)  3. Just In Time
(5:17)  4. Secret O' Life
(4:32)  5. Whims Of Chambers
(4:53)  6. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
(4:30)  7. Armando's Rhumba
(4:55)  8. Case Of You
(5:06)  9. Why Don't You Do Right
(4:31) 10. Hallelujah
(3:51) 11. If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight

Mile 41, the latest studio recording by one of Canada's finest Jazz singers is very much like a road trip. From straight ahead jazz to the avant garde and calling upon Scott's love and knowlege of funk, pop and blues  this CD represents all that makes this singer truly great. It's like a travelogue through all different regions, or genres, but is made cohesive by the fine musicians who play on this recording. Jennifer Scott has performed with Jazz legends like: Clark Terry, Gene Bertoncini, Don Thompson & Tommy Banks, to name but a few. 

Her selection of material is impeccable here  gems from the Great Canadian Songbook (Case Of You, Hallelujah), bass/vocal duets of instrumental tunes done vocalese-style (Whims Of Chambers, Armando's Rhumba), great standards (Why Don't You Do Right, Just In Time)  even an Elvis tune (Clean Up Your Own Backyard)! Scott proves, once again, that there are few that can improvise with as much melodic and harmonic skill, her reading of a ballad is also a delight. This recording also features multi-reedist/flautist Tom Keenlyside, Rene Worst on Bass and Drummer, Bernie Arai.  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jenniferscott6

Mile 41

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Jennifer Scott & Brasileira - Sonho Meu

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:16
Size: 151.7 MB
Styles: Brazilian jazz vocals
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. Corrida De Jangada
[4:19] 2. Sonho Meu
[5:36] 3. Agua De Beber
[6:31] 4. Voce Es Com Deus
[4:32] 5. Aguas De Marco
[5:01] 6. Lua Soberana
[4:31] 7. Romaria
[7:31] 8. Loro
[5:54] 9. Meu Pais
[6:18] 10. Gema
[5:42] 11. Once I Loved
[6:43] 12. A Felicidade

I’ve got to admit that I have a deep and abiding lack of interest in Brazilian jazz, especially when it’s played by non-Brazilians. So I thought I’d start with Sonho Meu by judging its cover—which is wonderful. Local painter and jazz maven Eric Metcalfe is a musician himself, and his jungle-toned cover image manages to be both lushly tropical and stimulatingly abstract. No mean feat.

In fact, Metcalfe’s untitled graphic must have put me in such a good mood that I ended up liking long stretches of Sonho Meu, contrary to whatever expectations I might have had. It helps that the band here, anchored by singer and pianist Jennifer Scott’s husband, René Worst, on bass, is so stellar that it’s not worth singling out individual contributions; everyone plays brilliantly. And as the bandleader, Scott has chosen her material well: too many Braz-jazz efforts never escape comfortable mediocrity, but Scott operates on the assumption that diversity is as desirable as ease. The fierce intimacy evident on a voice-and-bass version of Egberto Gismonti’s “Loro” embodies the love that has carried Scott and Worst through some recent health scares; meanwhile, the singer’s vocal duet with percussionist Pepe Danza on “Romaria” draws on the lonesome tones of country music, albeit with a side of feijoada rather than chuckwagon beans.

There are moments here that come too close to the middle of the road for my left-field tastes, but on the whole Sonho Meu is carefully crafted, engagingly performed, and beautifully recorded. Given the calibre of the participants, I shouldn’t be surprised—but I am, and delightfully so. ~Alexander Varty

Jennifer Scott: Vocals, Piano & Ukulele / Bill Coon: Guitars, Cavaquinho / Cory Weeds: Tenor Saxophone / Rene Worst: Acoustic & Electric Bass / Nino DiPasquale: Drums & Percussion / Pepe Danza: Percussion & Vocals

Sonho Meu

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