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Listening to this third fantastic recording from René Marie, it’s clear she fully absorbed the music she listened to growing up: Maurice Ravel, Hank Williams, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul & Mary, the Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone and James Brown. She takes their knowledge with her into her live performances, during which she is transformed from a soft-spoken woman into a self-possessed artist leading her band and owning her audience. René Marie is a formidable artist marching us into the future of jazz.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Consummate Female Jazz Vocalist
This album showcases Rene Marie’s astounding vocal abilities in this live performance at Jazz Standard. Just listen to her final number at track 10.She sings with intense emotion and and conviction (track 4).The entire program is a delightful set of ten songs beautifully arranged and rendered creatively by RM. Her supporting trio of John Toomey (p), Elias Bailey (b), and Howard Curtis (d) make excellent contributions to the show. Highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good cd
This is a recording of a live concert. It was a used cd that arrived on time and in very good shape.Rene Marie has a dynamic voice that meshes well with the instruments.
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Nice choice of tunes well done.
5.0 out of 5 stars Rene Marie is sensational!
Extraordinary singer-songwriter. Had to find this after hearing her unique, exquisite and mesmerizing creation that combines Ravel's Bolero and Leonard Cohen's Suzanne. First heard it on a DC jazz station while driving and pulled over to listen. Wow! And her other work is equally fresh and sometimes astonishing. Rene Marie began her professional career later than most; she has a mature, exceptional voice and a wide-ranging style that makes you hope she will never stop! This is a must-have disc for jazz lovers!
5.0 out of 5 stars One in a zillion
Rene Marie is one for the ages. A phenomenal singer and human being. Her singing is thrillingly beautiful and powerful, and often exceedingly funny too.. She has a fantastic range in how she uses her voice and through her voice becomes an entire range of characters. A true original. An artist who followed her heart to fulfill the promise of the gifts she knew she had inside herself. An Artist with a capital A.
5.0 out of 5 stars ReneMarie is alright with me
This singer is in a class with Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves and Vanessa Rubin: smartly arranged music, and an almost Betty Carter-quality to the way she sings within and around a melody. Listen to her work in a quiet place so that you can appreciate the nuances. You won't be disappointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Art from a Creative Artist
Rene Marie is one of the most creative artists you probably don't know, and this album proves the point.Recorded live at the Jazz Standard in New York City and released in 2003, Ms. Marie drives her trio--John Toomey (p), Elias Bailey (b) and Howard Curtis (d)--to artistic heights worthy of Jarrett, Peacock and DeJohnette, or any other piano trio you wish to name. And the four of them together create some really fascinating art.Consider the album's highlight, a medley of Ravel's "Bolero" and Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne". "Huh? Did I read that right?" you ask. You did. But when you consider the 6/8 march drumbeat to "Bolero" and think about elongating any song to fit that beat, you can picture how Ms. Marie and her mates did that. But the point is: who before Ms. Marie would have even thought to try something like that?Or consider her cover of the old Rodgers & Hart chestnut, "Where or When." Mr. Curtis taps out a rhythm on the high hat that puts a dream-like quality on the piece. "Where or When" works as a dream-like fog. Why didn't someone think of that before?Or consider her original, "Paris on Ponce." This is a "Hernando's Hideaway"-style tango with witty, hilarious lyrics by Ms. Marie about Paree, of the kind you'd expect to hear Robert Preston sing from "Victor-Victoria." The bridge is noteworthy for some wild bowing by Mr. Bailey. Then, out of nowhere, the band shifts the tune into a hard 4/4 rhumba with Ms. Marie intoning "funky tango" throughout. (But, one might argue, isn't a rhumba really a funky tango, anyway?!)She does a similar "out of nowhere" shift to "A Foggy Day", which goes from well-done lounge music to a double-time scat that would have made Mel Torme sit up and take notice.And lest anyone doubt Ms. Marie's abilities as a singer, take a good listen to her recital-like read of "I Loves You Porgy." This is as dramatic a cover of this classic as any I've heard, including that of the immortal Ella Fitzgerald.And to put her imprimatur on the whole concert, she does an a capella encore to one of her signature songs, "How Can I Keep for Singing." That's remarkable enough; but she takes the song from a straight read, to a scat, to a slow scat, to a rendition of Belafonte's "Day-O" in a language only she knows but we all understand.Maxjazz is a small label that doesn't have the budget to put Rene Marie into the public vanguard, a la Blue Note, Impulse! or Verve. But I believe that, sooner or later, talent wins out. On that basis, Rene Marie deserves widespread recognition as one of the most creative of all jazz vocalists, and someday soon she has to get it. RC
5.0 out of 5 stars Expect the unexpected...and LOVE IT!!
In the short time since I discovered Rene Marie, she has now become one of the very, very few artists whose albums I expect anxiously. I just ran to the store as soon as I knew that it had arrived. And, lo and behold, it's another gem. I expected to hear at least 3 or 4 tunes total from her previous 2 CD's, but, in true adherence to the unexpected, she only does one: "How can I keep from singing," and it is of course very different from the album version (if other reviewers already described it, great, but I will not spoil the surprise for you). What stands out the most with Marie is her sense of adventure, the feeling that she is standing on the edge, discovering stuff mere milliseconds before we get to hear it, and being almost as surprised as we are. I thought that this kind of artistry was on the verge of extinction, but thankfully, Rene Marie just plain THRIVES on taking chances and going places you wouldn't imagine, and the effect on this listener is nothing short of breathtaking. Her musical accompanists here are not big Jazz stars, but they definitely are a great match with Rene, and show almost as much sense of abandon as her. She definitely has an ear for the kind of musicians that will be fit for her. If you like Jazz, and Jazz vocals, and you still ain't heard this lady, do yourself and the music world a big favor by supporting her. Otherwise, this musically grim world will only get worse. Thank you.
Four Stars
Beautiful voice!
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Description:
Listening to this third fantastic recording from René Marie, it’s clear she fully absorbed the music she listened to growing up: Maurice Ravel, Hank Williams, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul & Mary, the Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone and James Brown. She takes their knowledge with her into her live performances, during which she is transformed from a soft-spoken woman into a self-possessed artist leading her band and owning her audience. René Marie is a formidable artist marching us into the future of jazz.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Consummate Female Jazz Vocalist
This album showcases Rene Marie’s astounding vocal abilities in this live performance at Jazz Standard. Just listen to her final number at track 10.She sings with intense emotion and and conviction (track 4).The entire program is a delightful set of ten songs beautifully arranged and rendered creatively by RM. Her supporting trio of John Toomey (p), Elias Bailey (b), and Howard Curtis (d) make excellent contributions to the show. Highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good cd
This is a recording of a live concert. It was a used cd that arrived on time and in very good shape.Rene Marie has a dynamic voice that meshes well with the instruments.
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Nice choice of tunes well done.
5.0 out of 5 stars Rene Marie is sensational!
Extraordinary singer-songwriter. Had to find this after hearing her unique, exquisite and mesmerizing creation that combines Ravel's Bolero and Leonard Cohen's Suzanne. First heard it on a DC jazz station while driving and pulled over to listen. Wow! And her other work is equally fresh and sometimes astonishing. Rene Marie began her professional career later than most; she has a mature, exceptional voice and a wide-ranging style that makes you hope she will never stop! This is a must-have disc for jazz lovers!
5.0 out of 5 stars One in a zillion
Rene Marie is one for the ages. A phenomenal singer and human being. Her singing is thrillingly beautiful and powerful, and often exceedingly funny too.. She has a fantastic range in how she uses her voice and through her voice becomes an entire range of characters. A true original. An artist who followed her heart to fulfill the promise of the gifts she knew she had inside herself. An Artist with a capital A.
5.0 out of 5 stars ReneMarie is alright with me
This singer is in a class with Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves and Vanessa Rubin: smartly arranged music, and an almost Betty Carter-quality to the way she sings within and around a melody. Listen to her work in a quiet place so that you can appreciate the nuances. You won't be disappointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Art from a Creative Artist
Rene Marie is one of the most creative artists you probably don't know, and this album proves the point.Recorded live at the Jazz Standard in New York City and released in 2003, Ms. Marie drives her trio--John Toomey (p), Elias Bailey (b) and Howard Curtis (d)--to artistic heights worthy of Jarrett, Peacock and DeJohnette, or any other piano trio you wish to name. And the four of them together create some really fascinating art.Consider the album's highlight, a medley of Ravel's "Bolero" and Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne". "Huh? Did I read that right?" you ask. You did. But when you consider the 6/8 march drumbeat to "Bolero" and think about elongating any song to fit that beat, you can picture how Ms. Marie and her mates did that. But the point is: who before Ms. Marie would have even thought to try something like that?Or consider her cover of the old Rodgers & Hart chestnut, "Where or When." Mr. Curtis taps out a rhythm on the high hat that puts a dream-like quality on the piece. "Where or When" works as a dream-like fog. Why didn't someone think of that before?Or consider her original, "Paris on Ponce." This is a "Hernando's Hideaway"-style tango with witty, hilarious lyrics by Ms. Marie about Paree, of the kind you'd expect to hear Robert Preston sing from "Victor-Victoria." The bridge is noteworthy for some wild bowing by Mr. Bailey. Then, out of nowhere, the band shifts the tune into a hard 4/4 rhumba with Ms. Marie intoning "funky tango" throughout. (But, one might argue, isn't a rhumba really a funky tango, anyway?!)She does a similar "out of nowhere" shift to "A Foggy Day", which goes from well-done lounge music to a double-time scat that would have made Mel Torme sit up and take notice.And lest anyone doubt Ms. Marie's abilities as a singer, take a good listen to her recital-like read of "I Loves You Porgy." This is as dramatic a cover of this classic as any I've heard, including that of the immortal Ella Fitzgerald.And to put her imprimatur on the whole concert, she does an a capella encore to one of her signature songs, "How Can I Keep for Singing." That's remarkable enough; but she takes the song from a straight read, to a scat, to a slow scat, to a rendition of Belafonte's "Day-O" in a language only she knows but we all understand.Maxjazz is a small label that doesn't have the budget to put Rene Marie into the public vanguard, a la Blue Note, Impulse! or Verve. But I believe that, sooner or later, talent wins out. On that basis, Rene Marie deserves widespread recognition as one of the most creative of all jazz vocalists, and someday soon she has to get it. RC
5.0 out of 5 stars Expect the unexpected...and LOVE IT!!
In the short time since I discovered Rene Marie, she has now become one of the very, very few artists whose albums I expect anxiously. I just ran to the store as soon as I knew that it had arrived. And, lo and behold, it's another gem. I expected to hear at least 3 or 4 tunes total from her previous 2 CD's, but, in true adherence to the unexpected, she only does one: "How can I keep from singing," and it is of course very different from the album version (if other reviewers already described it, great, but I will not spoil the surprise for you). What stands out the most with Marie is her sense of adventure, the feeling that she is standing on the edge, discovering stuff mere milliseconds before we get to hear it, and being almost as surprised as we are. I thought that this kind of artistry was on the verge of extinction, but thankfully, Rene Marie just plain THRIVES on taking chances and going places you wouldn't imagine, and the effect on this listener is nothing short of breathtaking. Her musical accompanists here are not big Jazz stars, but they definitely are a great match with Rene, and show almost as much sense of abandon as her. She definitely has an ear for the kind of musicians that will be fit for her. If you like Jazz, and Jazz vocals, and you still ain't heard this lady, do yourself and the music world a big favor by supporting her. Otherwise, this musically grim world will only get worse. Thank you.
Four Stars
Beautiful voice!
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