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| 1. | Until You're Mine
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| 2. | Here is My Avalon
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| 3. | Here After
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| 4. | Move Over Sunshine
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| 5. | Hide the Moon and Stars
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| 6. | Screaming Savoir Faire
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| 7. | Writing On the Wall
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| 8. | Savor the Wine
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| 9. | Dory and a Single Oar
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| 10. | As If
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| 11. | There Alone Go I
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| 12. | Avalon (Reprise)
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Jazz
Aaron Heick Flute
Alan Silverman Digital Editing
Andy Ezrin Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Composer, Soloist
Barry Danielian Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Ben Butler Guitar, Composer
Ben Wittman Mixing, Drums, Horn Arrangements, Hand Drums, Percussion, Producer
Burton Yount Design, Art Direction
Conrad Korsch Bass
Curtis King Vocals (Background)
Donny McCaslin Soloist, Sax (Tenor)
Ella Pearl Marcus Vocals
Eve Nelson Flute, Cello Arrangement, Composer
Everett Bradley Vocals (Background)
Jay Ashby Percussion
Jody Redhage Cello
Joel Frahm Sax (Alto)
Jonatha Brooke Vocals, Duet
Kate McGarry Vocals (Background)
Lauren Kinhan Horn Arrangements, Vocals (Background), Producer, Composer, Lyricist
Michael McDonald Mastering
Mike Davis Trombone
Mike Harvey Vocals (Background)
Paul Nowinski Bass
Peter Eldridge Composer, Vocals (Background), Piano, Vocals
Rachel Solomon Illustrations
Rob Mounsey Cello Arrangement
Romero Lubambo Guitar
Romero Lumbambo Guitar, Cavaquinho
Sandrine Lee Photography
Stephan Crump Bass
Theo Bleckmann Composer, Lyricist
Best known for her dazzling vocal stylings as part of the New York Voices, Lauren Kinhan presents her first solo album, and it's a jazz-pop surprise. "Avalon" is a deeply personal, literate and sophisticated collection of originals. It marks Kinhan as an ascendant new voice in the tradition of Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan and the more recent phenomenon Melody Gardot. These are tunes with smart lyrics, pop hooks and jazz arrangements that stay with the listener. They grab you right away and also reveal layer upon layer of nuance and detail with each subsequent hearing. For those who wonder where the American Songbook may be headed in the next years of the 21st Century, Lauren Kinhan will provide a provocative and compelling answer.
If a member of a jazz vocal group records a solo album and the artist hasn't been doing a lot of recording on his/her own, the question inevitably becomes: will the solo project closely resemble the group's output, or will it be an opportunity for him/her to try something different? In the case of Lauren Kinhan, the latter is definitely applicable. Kinhan is best known for her work with the adventurous New York Voices, which she joined in 1992 (replacing Sara Krieger) and was still a member of 18 years later in mid-2010, but her second solo album, Avalon, doesn't follow in New York Voices' jazz-oriented footsteps. Avalon is jazz-influenced, certainly, but it isn't really jazz-oriented; instead, Kinhan the solo artist generally favors what is probably best described as jazzy adult alternative along the lines of Norah Jones or Julia Fordham. Of course, jazz snobs -- being the very predictable and knee-jerk individuals that they are -- will no doubt denounce Avalon as Kinhan's sell-out album. But then, Kinhan (who wrote or co-wrote everything on this 49-minute CD) never claimed to be a jazz purist; her previous solo album, 2000's Hardly Blinking, was produced by none other than Phil Ramone -- not Orrin Keepnews, not Todd Barkan, or even Creed Taylor, but Phil Ramone. Kinhan obviously needed to express more of her pop/rock side, and she does so with enjoyably satisfying results on introspective solo items such as "Hide the Moon and Stars," "Here After," and "There Alone Go I." Besides, it isn't as though New York Voices have been violently opposed to pop/rock material; one of their most interesting albums is a jazz tribute to Paul Simon. But Avalon isn't about jazz interpretations of pop/rock tunes; this is mostly an album of pop/rock/adult alternative with jazz overtones, and listeners who are broad-minded rather than doctrinaire in their thinking will find Avalon to be a likable solo effort from the long-time New York Voices member. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi |
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