Barbara Rosene - All My Life (2005)

2012-12-12T17:33:54Z

Barbara Rosene - All My Life (2005)


1.    All My Life
2.    Till Then
3.    Stairway to the Stars
4.    (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know
5.    Fools Rush In
6.    You`d Be So Nice to Come Home To
7.    Blame It on My Youth
8.    Until the Real Thing Comes Along
9.    Trust in Me
10.    You Are Too Beautiful
11.    What Is There to Say
12.    It Could Happen to You
13.    I`ll Look Around

Personnel: 
Barbara Rosene (vocals); 
Peter Martinez (clarinet, tenor saxophone); 
Simon Wettenhall (trumpet, flugelhorn); 
Tom Roberts (piano); 
Kevin Dorn (drums).

On her first two recordings, Deep Night and Ev`rything`s Made for Love, both made for the Stomp Off label, Barbara Rosene showed how comfortable and natural she is singing material from the 1920s. Rather than copying her predecessors, she sounds very much like herself. All My Life moves Rosene up to the 1930s, `40s, and `50s, displaying her talents as a creative and warm swing singer. Her beautiful voice perfectly fits the material, as does her subtle improvising. Backed by a fine jazz quintet that includes trumpeter Simon Wettenhall, Peter Martinez on clarinet and tenor, and pianist Tom Roberts, Rosene makes the vintage material sound fresh, lively, and sometimes touching. Among the highlights are such superior songs as "Till Then," "Fools Rush In," "Trust in Me," and "It Could Happen to You." While listening to these tunes, it becomes clear that Barbara Rosene really knows the meaning behind the lyrics, and she sometimes brings out hidden beauty in even the most familiar songs. Even on the sadder ballads, All My Life is a musical joy. It is highly recommended. ---Scott Yanow

Barbara Rosene has an ideal voice for singing songs of the 1920's and 30's. Although she often sings the popular songs of the 20's and early 30's (in my opinion, better than Annette Hanshaw or Ruth Etting), her laid-back, mellow voice does just as well with these light jazz/romantic songs of the 30's and 40's. Her rendition of "You Are Too Beautiful" is plain awesome. She has no intonation, phrases her songs meaningfully, and never over-exaggerates. She's just the best. --- Edward J. Vasicek, amazon.com

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Barbara Rosene - Deep Night (2000)

2012-12-17T17:30:28Z

Barbara Rosene - Deep Night (2000)


01. Fit As A Fiddle
02. Keep Sweeping The Cobwebs Off The Moon
03. Deep Night
04. It All Depends On You
05. I Have To Have You
06. Blue, Turning Gray Over You
07. Me Minus You
08. Exactly Like You
09. Am I Blue
10. Ain't That A Grand And Glorious Feeling
11. You're The One That I Care For
12. Twenty Million People
13. Deed I Do
14. Guilty
15. Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love
16. There's Something In The Air
17. I'm Nobody's Baby
18. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
19. Lovable And Sweet
20. I'm In Training For You

Personnel:
Barbara Rosene - Vocals
Nighthawks Musicans
Andy Stein - Violin
Jon-Erik Kellso - Cornet
Dan Levinson - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Brad Shigeta - Trombone
Conal Fowkes - Piano
Vince Giordano - Banjo, String Bass, Leader, Project Coordinator, Tuba
Jay Berliner - Guitar
Matt Munister - Guitar
Brian Nelepka - String Bass
Arnie Kinsella - Drums, Timpani

New York/Cleveland vocalist Barbara Rosene has teamed up with Vince Giordano and the latest incarnation of the Nighthawks for a romp through 20 songs from the 1920s and 1930s. Some of these nuggets are familiar, others haven't been recorded for awhile. These Prohibition-era tunes were performed by Ruth Etting, Annette Hanshaw, Connee Boswell, and others, who laid down the foundations for popular-song singers to come. Even though some of the tracks retain that "old" sound, such as the title tune, "Deep Night," which has that Russian Tea Room violin of Andy Stein playing the interludes, they don't sound dated for nary a minute. Many of the old trappings are present. When Rosene sings the line about knockin' on wood on "Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?," there's Arnie Kinsella hitting the wood block. Among the selections Rosene picked for this session is "Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love," a tune made popular by Fanny Brice in the 1929 film Be Yourself. Rosene brings just the right vocal expression and emphasis to each tune with her very appealing vocalizing. She has a great feel for the offbeat syncopation inherent in music from this era, such as on "Exactly Like You," in which Rosene warbles with Rose Murphy in mind, while Conal Fowkes' music hall piano is plunking the melody right along with the singer, a rarity these days. These orchestrations are from the fine hand of Giordano. Rosene is fortunate to have the veteran trad jazz stylist on this her debut album. There are few who have devoted more time to transcribing, performing, and recording vintage jazz from the period covered by the album. The result? A fun, happy CD is the product of a fine vocalist and top-of-the-list musicians and is recommended. --- Dave Nathan, Rovi

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Barbara Rosene - All My Life (2005)

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