My Romance

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Personnel includes: Kevin Mahogany (vocals); Kirk Whalum, Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Bob James (piano); Charles Fambrough (bass); Billy Kilson (drums). Recorded at Sear Sound, New York, New York on May 11-13, 1998. Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald. Personnel: Kevin Mahogany (vocals); Yergenia Strenger, Laura Seaton (violin); Sue Pray, Nicholas Cords (viola); Eugene J. Moye, Sarah Seiver (cello); Kirk Whalum, Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Hilary James (piano); Billy Kilson (drums). Audio Mixer: James Farber. Liner Note Author: Will Friedwald. Recording information: Sear Sound Studios, New York, NY (05/11/1998-05/13/1998). Arranger: Hilary James . You might say it's the best and the worst of times for jazz singing. On the one hand, the possibilities for an expanded post-standards repertoire have never been greater. On the other, young singers sound overly self-conscious, as if the very lack of a schooled tradition hinders them. Also, the prevalence of gospel-trained virtuosity, at least for the newer black singers, is almost always an encumbrance in a jazz context. The mellow-voiced Kevin Mahogany, a young black singer himself, seems to have bypassed these difficulties from the start. He is a traditionalist, but his traditionalism encompasses material like James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" and Lyle Lovett's "I Know You Know" with ease. His style is somewhat reminiscent of the great romantic baritone Johnny Hartman, especially on Hartman signature tunes like "Stairway To The Stars" and "Lush Life." The difference is that Mahogany possesses an easy blusey feel that Hartman never had. There are other small tributes, to Dinah Washington ("Teach Me Tonight") and Billy Eckstine ("I Apologize"), but Mahogany is very much his own man, utterly comfortable in whatever romantic or musical setting he might cast himself.
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