new Barb Jungr naim cd times 4 star review
Posted by: Paul Stephenson on 22 February 2010
Barb Jungr: The Man I Love: The New American Songbook
Clive Davis
It is a sign of how the Rochdale-born singer's reputation has travelled across the Atlantic that she returns to Woody Allen's Upper East Side haunt, Café Carlyle, later this week. Walking a fine line between cabaret, jazz and grown-up pop, Jungr has always had an eye for an unlikely tune. This pensive collection hits its stride from the outset, with a brave reworking of Once in a Lifetime - it's as if David Byrne had fallen into the hands of a Sondheim heroine. The Todd Rundgren anthem I Saw the Light benefits just as much from Jungr's sharp intelligence, the pianist Simon Wallace sculpting another of his subtle small-group arrangements.
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Clive Davis
It is a sign of how the Rochdale-born singer's reputation has travelled across the Atlantic that she returns to Woody Allen's Upper East Side haunt, Café Carlyle, later this week. Walking a fine line between cabaret, jazz and grown-up pop, Jungr has always had an eye for an unlikely tune. This pensive collection hits its stride from the outset, with a brave reworking of Once in a Lifetime - it's as if David Byrne had fallen into the hands of a Sondheim heroine. The Todd Rundgren anthem I Saw the Light benefits just as much from Jungr's sharp intelligence, the pianist Simon Wallace sculpting another of his subtle small-group arrangements.
Naim naimcd144
did anyone catch Barb on BBC Breakfast on monday morning? 