Jenny Scheinman

Jenny Scheinman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B0013XZ4KY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,011 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 27-MAY-2008

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Natural Evolution, May 26, 2008

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Keith W. Murphy (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jenny Scheinman (MP3 Download)

I need to 'fess up, I was driven to write this review as a backlash against the lousy 2 star review. The hombre who penned that number has no idea what Scheinman has constructed/moved towards so far in her path as a muso. I have all of her solo albums thus far, and a few featuring her as a guest. From the Yoshi's date, through Shalagaster and 12 Songs, there is an open affiliation with material from a 'folk-song' background. Whether it's Klezmer groove, or standard popsong structure(12 Songs), she has worn her musical heart very much on her left-field sleeve. Longterm postings with the Norah Jones/Frisell/Peyroux scene seem to have deepened her understanding of the lexicon of Yankee popular song.

This is a voice & mind that has absorbed much of what resonates with lovers of emotionally candid music-and can convey those special things, lyrical punch/sparse melodicism, with transparent ease. Unadorned blues/roots music, that needs to get over primarily on feel - which Ms. Scheinman has in abundance. Speaking of voice, it is special and uncommon to find an instrumentalist who decides to give the pipes a workout so deep into her years as an artist. In this instance, it is a step forward for someone who has quietly and solidly been building her repertoire & confidence over many years and a wide range of genres - gypsy jazz, downtown, klezmer, avant-garde, etc.

Does someone have to sound like someone else to make them approachable?. I hope not, or else when someone as brave as JS comes along their own individually forged path, we'll ignore them and miss out on something truly remarkable and special.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising and Affecting, July 21, 2008

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BrianR. (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jenny Scheinman (Audio CD)

A CD that burns slow and steady but gets warmer with each listen. Her vocals are assured and delivered with great sensitivity to the material. She "gets" the songs, whether her own compositions or the eclectic covers that seamlessly fit into the flow of the record.
Excellent support from her collaborators, and great violin woork (duh!) by Ms. Scheinman.
An acquired taste, perhaps, but truly a CD as a labor of love, love of music, love of words, creating a mesmerizing release.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invested songcraft, July 5, 2008

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a listener (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jenny Scheinman (MP3 Download)

Jenny Scheinman clearly has a lot to express and plenty of craft to back it up. You hear the surprising ways that she decides to phrase each word - it is often not the kind of sublimation that one would expect from classical player; nor it is a show-off of a vocal technique; rather she inhabits the character's depths and uses subtleties of her musical art to expose the brittle edges with rough honesty. Is her craft going to improve even further? Of course, and she is still finding her way around things, but it is remarkable even now. Now, waiting until she becomes as good as Lorraine Hunt Lieberson before buying this album is silly, because she already can be as devastating.