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| 1. | Behind the Smile
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| 2. | I Hadn't Anyone Till You
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| 3. | Give Your Mama One Smile
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| 4. | Ever Since the One I Love's Been Gone
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| 5. | What's Going On
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| 6. | The Song Is You
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| 7. | I'd Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream
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| 8. | Lost in Meditation
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| 9. | Get Ready
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| 10. | Summer Song
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| 11. | Somewhere in the Night
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| 12. | Meet Me at No Special Place
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| 13. | 23rd Psalm
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Jazz
Antoinette Montague Arranger, Executive Producer
Barbara Montague-Mousa Executive Producer
Ben Elliot Mastering
Carolyn Gangi Research, Administrative Assistant
Hugo Castello Photography
Jim Eigo Marketing
Jim Harrison Marketing
John Baugh Administrative Assistant, Research
John Niccolls Package Design
Kenny Washington Producer
La-Tanya Grady Executive Producer
Marvin Speight Make-Up
Michael Broughby Engineer
Mike Hurzon Marketing
Mulgrew Miller Arranger
Randall Davis Marketing
Sandy LaForey Photography
Sheila Anderson Liner Notes
Will Friedwald Liner Notes
Born and raised in Newark, Antoinette Montague released her first CD, Pretty Blues, in 2006 featuring Mulgrew Miller, Bill Easley, Kenny Washington, and Peter Washington--the same musical dream team featured on this stunning new release! * Montague has appeared on the cover of Jazz Improv's Jazz Guide and on two book covers of Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret and Music. * Has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Jazzmobile's Summer Breeze Concert Series, the Zebra Room in Harlem's famous Lenox Lounge, the legendary Blue Note, and the Jazz Standard with the Winard Harper Sextet and Dr. Billy Taylor.
Antoinette Montague's second album, Behind the Smile, takes a similar approach to her first, Pretty Blues. She has reassembled the same small jazz group, consisting of Mulgrew Miller on piano, Bill Easley on reeds, Kenny Washington on drums, and Peter Washington on bass, and they once again accompany her on arrangements that sound like they could have been played in the late '50s rather than late in the first decade of the 21st century. As usual, Montague is the least jazzy thing about the disc; she tends to stick to the melodies of the songs, with only the occasional expressive flourish, then get out of the way so that Miller and Easley especially can take solos, before coming back for a final chorus. (Peter Washington gets his bass showcase on "Ever Since the One I Love's Been Gone.") The selections are a mixture of jazz and blues standards along with a couple of rearranged Motown tunes. It is those surprising choices -- versions of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" and the old Temptations hit "Get Ready," written by Smokey Robinson -- that are among the most impressive performances on the disc, in part because they are so unexpected. Songs like "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" and "The Song Is You" have been recorded so many times that it's hard for any singer and group to put a special stamp on them. But when Montague tears into "Get Ready" (sounding more involved than elsewhere on the disc) or presents a rare vocal version of Dave Brubeck's "Summer Song," she has the chance to distinguish herself. Like its predecessor, Behind the Smile is both professionally done as a disc and, in essence, a calling card for Montague's live show, which it serves to promote effectively. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Antoinette Montague
Active Decade: '00s
Genre: Blues
Jazz and blues singer Antoinette Montague was born in Newark, NJ, where she grew up. She attended Seton Hall University and graduated with a degree in English. She moved to Fairfield, CT, and became a vice president of human resources at Boardroom, Inc., in Stamford, CT. All of that constitutes her non-music career. At the same time, she maintained a semi-professional career as a singer, initially in gospel and R&B groups after college, then, when she came under the tutelage of blues singer Carrie Smith, in blues and jazz. The vice president of the International Women in Jazz organization, she performed extensively with jazz groups in the New York metropolitan area. Eventually, she was able to record her own album, Pretty Blues, released by Consolidated Artists Productions in 2006.
---William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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