Sophie Milman - In the Moonlight
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 12:09PM
Sophie Milman - After three critically-acclaimed albums of lush jazz/pop standards, twenty-six-year-old Russian-born Toronto-based vocalist headed to New York with producer Matt Pierson for her first "string-centric" album of orchestrated confections, the follow up to 2009's Take Love Easy...NPR has praised her "classic jazz voice that evokes smoky lounges, softly clinking glasses and the cool of the night.// Release: In the Moonlight (September 27, E1) // Sounds like: though clearly tapping into a more traditionally romantic style, Milman offers up intimate cabaret jazz fare on a larger production stage that will appeal to fans of Diana Krall and Melody Gardot...(watch the EPK "making of" video after the jump)...
Quote: "The way this record is different is I think the scope of it. I have strings, every instrument imaginable soloing and guesting and lending colors. It was extremely exciting and made it feel way bigger than anything I've ever done." // What we like: Moonlight is what we call a dress up record, an album that transports the listener to an imaginary space and time, of silk and tuxes, patent leather and sweet perfume, martinis shaken not stirred..."Do It Again" exemplifies Milman's understated, seductive warm/cool singing style, neither a note or wisp of hair out of place...the phrasing and effortless swing of "Oh Look At Me Now" play easily off Kevin Hayes' subtle piano shadings...
Sophie Milman - "Do It Again" (from In the Moonlight)
Sophie Milman - "Oh Look At Me Now" (from In the Moonlight)
Reader Comments (1)
Aside from aspects of the arrangements, I don't see the comparison to Diana Krall and Melody Gardot. Sophie Milman is a much better singer than either of those ladies.