What people search:
 | Title : Happy Songs
Author : Audra McDonald
Release Date : 20020917
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $
(
%)
VISIT AMAZON.COM'S PAGE |
Editorial Reviews :
Can a diva sing the blues? Past efforts at torch singing by the classically trained have sometimes left listeners feeling more stung than singed. But in tackling this slate of songs from the '30s and '40s (seasoned with a couple of newer, era-friendly tunes by Jay Leonhart and Michael John LaChiusa) for her third studio album, multiple Tony Award winner Audra McDonald has wisely remembered that plumbing their emotional core requires more than perfect vibrato and resonates from a place just slightly to the left of the diaphragm. McDonald claims this collection was inspired by the birth of her daughter. If that's the case, she is going to have one joyous, soulful child. The singer ranges from the gorgeous, delicate smoke of 'I Must Have That Man' and the standard 'More Than You'll Know' through the saucy jazz of Leonhart's 'Beat My Dog' and loopy spunk of LaChiusa's 'See What I Want to See' to the breathy blues of 'Tess' Torch Song' and unabashed romance of the Gershwins' 'He Loves and She Loves.' And if the exotica-goes-Broadway ethos of the Brazilian 'Bambalele' seems slightly askew, it nonetheless meets the album's happy criterion.
Buyer Reviews :
The unitiated might listen to Audra McDonald's new CD and not realize that she is a Tony-winning star of musical theatre. This material, and her delivery of it, are that different. What was Lincoln's review of a book he did not care for? Something like, for those who like this sort of thing, this is precisely the sort of thing they would like. Well, I find it hard to believe that any discerning listener would not appreciate this CD.
The fact that this CD will not make the charts is a sad commentary on the state of popular music today. Audra McDonald is an artist of extraordinary presence and strength. Her first two CD's explored the new and the old in musical theatre. This CD shows that her range goes far beyond the theatre. Here she is a singer of torch songs. Don't know what a torch singer is? Listen to this CD and you will.
(by Jesse C. Jones)
back
What people search:
|
|
