Surrender

Jane Monheit

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B000N0U2UA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,879 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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Jane Monheit has a lovely voice, one that in its purest, most lilting form reminds you of the young Barbra Streisand, with the show-stopping qualities that suggests. Her haunting rendition of Sergio Mendes'"So Many Stars," the runaway highlight of Surrender, is also one of the best things she's ever done. (Mendes arranged and produced the track and plays keyboard on it.) Since she stopped trying so hard to be a jazz singer and found her mark as a popular vocalist specializing in Brazilian music (there are also guest turns by singer Ivan Lins and harmonica great Toots Thielemans), Monheit has sounded more at home with herself. The problem is, as delectable as her instrument is, her performances, more often than not, have a perplexing emptiness to them: they're like romantic settings with candles providing the requisite glow but no real warmth. She's only 29, which means she has plenty of time to deepen as an artist. But it could also be that what you hear now is what you're going to get in the future. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews

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38 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Folks listen to RC, his review is a laser beam on target. Statement album needed badly. , June 9, 2007

By	leftypockets "leftypockets" (Boston , MA) - See all my reviews

My small addendum. Monheit has the best voice in jazz today. I'm a 5 year fan.
On stage 3 weeks ago in Boston with her band she was great. But she badly needs a statement album - one that defines her and her talent. She has been with at least 3 labels and I think that they have been pulling this immensely talented singer in too many directions. Her vocal breadth is so extraordinary and she can do so much vocally that she ends up doing a little of everything well but her albums are not cohesive sounding. They sound watered down and undefined. You never know what you are going to get from song to song and it's been getting worse on the newer albums. I was hoping with the change to a Jazz label like Concord that this would be behind her but not yet. What are those A&R types doing? I even congratulated here on her new label after the show and there was an unstated acknowledgment that her and Sony were not a good fit. Like RC I hope the next CD is great, because I'm running out of patience after 7 CD's and several other tracks on various artists albums and 6 live shows. She is t o o good t o o waste. So how about it producers? - Give us some jazz, give us some swing. Give us the real Jane and get rid of the strings.

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars bland and vacuous, September 27, 2007

By	Dr A (North America) - See all my reviews

This is easy listening muzac, pure and simple - more at home in a dentists surgery or an elevator. The voice is wonderful, but where's the spark and the passion? It feels like the lights are on, but nobodys home. Jazz? No way!

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed!, May 10, 2007

By	K. M. Jones - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Jane Monheit is my favorite singer, and I love her other albums, but this one is just one boring song after another. Please Jane, go back to the jazz!!