Let's face it: most people who are not seasoned jazz listeners aren't
going to comprehend someone as challenging as the late Betty Carter. The
best way to get people who are "jazzophobic" to start listening to
vocal jazz is to expose them to artists who are quite accessible but
still have taste and integrity -- people like Jacintha, whose Jacintha
Goes to Hollywood is a perfect example of a jazz vocal disc that is very
easy to absorb even if one isn't a seasoned jazz listener. This 2007
recording finds the Singapore native turning her attention to songs that
were heard in well-known films, and her torchy, understated approach
serves her well on material ranging from the Mamas & the Papas'
"California Dreaming" (a '60s smash that was heard in the 1995 film
Chung King Express) to the Doris Day-associated "Que Será Será" (which
was used in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much in 1956) to
Michel Legrand's "The Summer Knows" (from the 1971 film The Summer of
'42). Technically, the title Jacintha Goes to Hollywood is inaccurate,
because not all of these songs are identified with Hollywood films;
Chung King Express, for example, is a Chinese film, and one of the best
things on this album is an English-language performance of the gorgeous
theme from the 1966 French film A Man and a Woman (or, as it is known in
France, Un Homme et une Femme). Perhaps a better title for this
47-minute CD would have been Jacintha Goes to the Movies. But in the
grand scheme of things, that is only a minor point. What matters the
most is that Jacintha has delivered a musical tribute to movies that is
as memorable as it is rewarding. by Alex Henderson
Tracklist :
1 On Days Like These 5:31
2 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head 4:58
3 Alfie 4:43
4 Windmills Of Your Mind 6:13
5 California Dreaming 5:40
6 A Man And A Woman 5:18
7 Easy Living 4:17
8 Que Será Será 5:09
9 The Summer Knows 5:23
Credits :
Bass – Darek Oles
Drums – Joe LaBarbera
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Keyboards [Hammond B-3] – Larry Goldings
Percussion – Aaron Serfaty
Piano – Iskandar Ismail
Saxophone – Ricky Woodard
Trumpet – Ron Stout
Vibraphone – John Campbell
Vocals – Jacintha
Whistling – Howlett Smith
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