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Christine Rosholt - Rating:
- Release Date: 2006
- Genre: Vocal Music
Review
A nice debut from Minneapolis vocalist Christine Rosholt. The format is straightforward vocal jazz, largely covering the American songbook (as vocal jazz is wont to do), but with a few other standards thrown in. With the material being entirely older works, there isn't really room for improvement in composition. Rosholt's sheer vocal abilities become the focus, whether or not she can sell the emotion of a song. In the case of this album, she sells some better than others, ultimately. Her phrasing is excellent throughout, letting the words fall just when they should. Her tone is largely upbeat, which works extremely well for some of the Cole Porter pieces and others. For the more contemplative numbers (such as Jobim and de Moraes' "Chega de Saudade"), it seems a bit incongruent. On the title track, she seems almost Shatner-esque with the phrasing. It's the happier pieces, the more energetic pieces that put Rosholt in her element, and the album is worthwhile just for them with her abilities really. ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) | (4:13) | ||
| Early Autumn | Woody Herman, Ralph Burns, Johnny Mercer | (4:01) | |
| It's De-Lovely | Cole Porter | (2:39) | |
| Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) | Vinícius de Moraes, Jon Hendricks, Antonio Carlos Jobim | (4:15) | |
| Sometime Ago | (3:08) | ||
| Detour Ahead | Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, |
(5:21) | |
| You and the Night and the Music | Howard Dietz | (2:53) | |
| Daydream | Duke Ellington, John Latouche, Billy Strayhorn | (4:51) | |
| From This Moment On | Cole Porter | (2:40) | |
| Out of This World | Johnny Mercer | (3:35) | |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Fats Waller, Andy Razaf | (3:33) | |
| I Cover the Waterfront | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman | (4:12) | |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon | (2:20) |
