by Melody Gardot
2009 Universal Music Classics and Jazz
This album is a follow up to her Worrisome Heart
and once again she has not dissappointed my musical pallet. The track that receives the most radio play is "Who Will Comfort Me," and it is one of ten original songs on the album. Her vocal purity matches that of a Jane Monheit, but the music has a raw edge to it along the lines of Diana Krall's "Love Me Like a Man" or "Temptation." The one standard cover she has on the album is "Over the Rainbow," but even it has been freshly arranged into something a little more upbeat and driving. Melody Gardot is a fresh new addition to the female Jazz vocalist scene being at home with standards, but equally gifted as a songwriter and musician she mixes in her own unique style of piano, vocal and guitar. I would reccomend this album to anyone who loves the style of the standards but is tired of the same old covers and equally to anyone who is exploring this genre of music as a first Jazz vocal album.
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