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Blue Rendezvous by Cynthia Crane
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fave it Jazz Vocals | Cabaret
14 tracks | 67 minutes
Released Feb 2001
on LookoutJazz
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:08 Blue Rendezvous lyrics BUY MP3 05:08 Blue Rendezvous lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:08 Blue Rendezvous
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 The Night We Called It a Day lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 The Night We Called It a Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 The Night We Called It a Day
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:21 If You Coould See Me Now lyrics BUY MP3 05:21 If You Coould See Me Now lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:21 If You Coould See Me Now
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:53 Music Maestro Please lyrics BUY MP3 04:53 Music Maestro Please lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:53 Music Maestro Please
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:07 You Don't Know What Love Is lyrics BUY MP3 06:07 You Don't Know What Love Is lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:07 You Don't Know What Love Is
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 Azure-té lyrics BUY MP3 03:21 Azure-té lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:21 Azure-té
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:04 I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life lyrics BUY MP3 05:04 I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:04 I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:21 Born to Be Blue lyrics BUY MP3 05:21 Born to Be Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:21 Born to Be Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:30 You Would Rather Have the Blues lyrics BUY MP3 04:30 You Would Rather Have the Blues lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:30 You Would Rather Have the Blues
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:37 Ill Wind lyrics BUY MP3 05:37 Ill Wind lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:37 Ill Wind
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:19 New Shade of Blues lyrics BUY MP3 04:19 New Shade of Blues lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:19 New Shade of Blues
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:22 I Don't Want to Cry Anymore lyrics BUY MP3 04:22 I Don't Want to Cry Anymore lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:22 I Don't Want to Cry Anymore
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:27 Serenade in Blue lyrics BUY MP3 05:27 Serenade in Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:27 Serenade in Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:52 Hey Look, No Cryin' lyrics BUY MP3 02:52 Hey Look, No Cryin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:52 Hey Look, No Cryin'
Smoky-voiced saloon singer of the old school at home in jazz, cabaret and the great American Songbook.
Editorial review
Originally on Lookout and then reissued in 2000 on the Original Cast label, this session discloses Cynthia Crane's affinity for songs associated with smoky bistros; those blues dripping songs which are the stock in trade of a tried and true chantuese. Crane is a female counterpart of Frank Sinatra's image of a saloon singer, bursting with those qualities essential for singers who enter this musical arena. First and foremost, she (or he) has to be well tuned in to the story and events described by the lyrics to transport them to the listener. The voice also has to have the drama these songs demand. Dashes of nostalgia and regret always help. Crane has these qualities and touches all these bases on this CD. With her deep voice, on the mark diction, an excellent feel for timing, and the ability to pause for effect, she displays these qualities with perfection. Helping to pull off this emotional adventure are some of the best session musicians New York City has to offer. First and foremost is her regular piano player, Mike Renzi. Others helping out include the Leonharts on such cuts as "If You Could See Me Now," Jay on bass and Michael on trumpet. Bill Easley adds his soulful sax on four cuts, and is especially telling on "Blue Champagne." This CD is more than an hour of music that one would expect to hear in a darkly lit bar at 2:00 in the morning, or maybe in one of those all-night dance emporiums of yore by musicians with cigarettes dangling from their lips and half-filled glasses at the ready. No matter, Crane is a fine performer and her album of melancholy music is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"Songs are channels for me, avenues of expression for my feelings. So many songs - I've collected them all my life. Melodies that resonate in my heart. Lyrics that speak for me. Songs I picked up in my Great-Grandmother's attic playing her old one-side Edison 78 rpm discs, fragile as shale, on a discarded wind-up phonograph....
"Singing the wonderful songs of "Blue Rendezvous" is to take a journey, dark, but joyous. I mapped it; I charted the ups and downs. In the spirit of ' it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,' this is a wee-small hours, wistful rendezvous with gauzy blue memories. It may still hurt, but we must look back in order to move on. So . . . if we're going to take this trip, let's really let go. Submerge ourselves in the bubbles, melt in the music, drown in memories. A catharsis in champagne, a journey through the blues.
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