I Wish You Love

Janis Siegel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B00005Y4PT
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,019 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Just A Little Lovin'

2. I Want You To Be My Baby

3. Go Away Little Boy

4. Mr. Sandman/Dream A Little Dream Of Me

5. The Late Late Show

6. Don't Go To Strangers

7. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over

8. Where Are You?

9. Guess Who I Saw Today?

10. I Wish You Love

11. The Big Hurt

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Her best, February 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: I Wish You Love (Audio CD)

Janis Siegel has delivered her best solo album to date. It is a synthesis of everything she has learned as a solo singer, and as a member of The Manhattan Transfer. Here she shines with her own identity as never before. Whether playful or sardonic or sensual or heartbreaking, her singing and interpretations are always emotionally connected with the material, and the stellar musical accompaniment is a nearly perfect compliment. The material, which ranges from the familiar to the unexpected, is always sublime with highlights being a stunning reading of "Go Away Little Boy," the wistful ballad rendition of "Mr. Sandman" interpolated with "Dream a Little Dream of Me," the swinging "I Want You To Be My Baby" and an ironic "The Big Hurt." If one needs proof of Siegel's growth as a singer, just listen to her revisiting of "Guess Who I Saw Today?" which she initially recorded on her first solo album "Experiment in White" back in 1981, produced then and now by Joel Dorn. What was then a fine version sung by a singer with great musical instinct, has now turned into an intimate character monologue sung by a great singer who is also an actress. Accompanied just by Cedar Walton on piano, she nails the song as you've never heard it, and it is possibly the definitive version by any artist. Siegel has delivered terrific albums in the past, but this heralds the promise of even greater things to come. In the meantime, savor this album which is certain to rank as one of the best female jazz/pop vocal records of the year.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent album from Janis Siegel, January 22, 2003

By 

Loren - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Wish You Love (Audio CD)

This is an excellent album by a singer who only gets better with time. Her last solo album, "The Tender Trap," was good, but this effort sounds much more spontaneous - even with the frequent and well-choreographed use of overdubbed backup vocals (which only seem to necessary on "I Want You To Be My Baby") Top cuts are the aforementioned tune, "Just A Little Lovin'" (excellent scatting), a lovely "Go Away Little Boy" and the title tune.
Siegel's next solo effort "Friday Night Special", due out on April 22, 2003, again teams her with producer, Joel Dorn, and given their track record, promises to be another winner.

SIDE NOTE: Janis isn't the only member of THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER, flying solo these days. The group's cool soprano, Cheryl Bentyne, also has an excellent album on the market. Entitled, TALK OF THE TOWN, this CD can currently be purchased as a Japanese import here on Amazon.com. However, it will be released in the US (at a cheaper price) sometime later this year. Check it out.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Janis Siegel keeps on keeping on, February 27, 2002

By 

Eric L. Magnus (Olathe, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Wish You Love (Audio CD)

What can you say about Janis Siegel...her style plops right down in between Jazz and Cabaret. What I like so much on this disc is that she has discovered several songs that are not well known...and have introduced them in her usual classy way. Her re-recording of "Guess Who I Saw Today" (Originally recorded on the out-of-print title "Experiment in White")is beautiful. Janis has jumped from label to label to label...but is always worth listening to at any time.