Jacintha - Jacintha Is Her Name [96/24 Stereo LP Rip]

2003 Limited, Numbered 2LP 180gm HQ. This Is Number 3044. This Tribute To The Great Torch Songstress Julie London Is A Spectacular Recording With Outstanding Sonics And Performances (Hmmmmm) Including “Cry Me A River,” “Light My Fire,” “Willow Weep For Me,” “God Bless The Child” And “Don’t Smoke In Bed.” With Harry Allen (Sax), Ron Eschete (Guitar) And Larry Bunker (Vibes).

Year: 2003
Lable: Groove Note Records, GRV1014 45-rpm 2 LP set 180g HQ, Serial #3044
Style: Jazz Vocal
Country: USA
Audio: 24bit-96kHz - Vinyl Rip, FLAC
Size: 1,066 MB


About the Recording

Julie London, the legendary torch song singer and pop balladeer of the 60s and early 70s, passed away in Los Angeles two years ago. The singer who had a huge hit with her version of Cry Me A River still retains a large fan base worldwide and has always been one of Jacintha's favorite singers. It only seems natural that for this, her fourth album for Groove Note, the sensual and talented Jacintha, no mean balladeer herself, has chosen to record and dedicate an album to Julie.

"This album is a sheer joy to listen to from the first note. This may be Jacintha's best album yet. The silky, smooth, and sensuous voice of Jacintha is reproduced with an utterly natural quality, revealing every nuance of her phenomenal intonation, phrasing, breath control, and vocal modulation." - Dave Glackin, Positive Feedback Online

Inspired mainly by Ms. London's first Liberty album, Julie Is Her Name and its spare guitar and acoustic bass formats, Jacintha and arranger/pianist Bill Cunliffe (recently nominated for a Jazz Arranging Grammy) have come up with a spectacular new record. Using the guitar and bass combo as a basic springboard, the album has taken some of the songs most closely associated with Ms. London e.g. Cry Me A River, and some not so familiar like Light My Fire, and transformed them into the kind of material that Jacintha handles best. Intimate, sexy, seductive.

A couple of tunes do utilize a trio behind Jacintha but the great majority of the songs stay faithful to the guitar/bass combo and two instrument concept with the additional twist of using some different instruments in the arrangements. (e.g. sax and bass for Willow Weep For Me, sax and piano for Something Cool and piano and bass for Cry Me A River). Jacintha herself delivers some definitive performances including a classic version of Something Cool and her cover of The Doors' Light My Fire.

The very spare instrumental arrangements also lend themselves to extremely high quality audiophile sound and Joe Harley (producer) and Mike Ross (engineer) have outdone themselves on this recording, creating sonics and fidelity that are some of the best ever from Groove Note (or any other label for that matter).


Track Listing:

1. Willow Weep For Me
2. The Thrill Is Gone
3. Something Cool
4. Don't Smoke in Bed
5. Light My Fire
6. I'm In The Mood For Love
7. God Bless The Child
8. Round Midnight
9. I'll Never Smile Again
10. Gone With The Wind
11. Cry Me A River

Musicians:

Jacintha, vocals;
Bill Cunliffe, piano & arrangements;
Harry Allen, saxophone;
Larry Bunker, vibes (+ percussion on Light My Fire);
Ron Eschete, guitar;
Holly Hoffmann, flute;
Darek Olesciewicz, bass;
Larance Marable, drums.

Ripping Equipment:

Turntable: Nottingham Analogue Interspace;
Cartridge: Shelter 501 MKII Low Output MC;
Phono amp: Ray Samuels Audio Emmeline XR-2;
Power cables: Black Sand Cables Silver Reference MKV with Wattgate 330i-350i Ag;
Computer: MacBook Pro (FireWire out);
ADC: Edirol FA-66 FireWire
Software: Soundtrack Pro @ 96kHz/32-bit floating point.

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