Clair De Lune & Sister Moon Panama City FL

Tenor Thomas Young is on a roll these days. He's been featured in the past year on not one, but two new releases for upstart label Ocean. He had a bi ...

Local Companies

Rexel Southern
(850) 769-3381
499 N Highway 231
Panama City, FL
Mayer Electric Supply Co Inc
(850) 769-4501
1800 Saint Andrews Blvd
Panama City, FL
Wesco
(352) 372-1427
1630 NE 23rd Ave
Gainesville, FL
Southern Elevator and Electric Supply
(954) 971-1115
2781 W McNab Rd
Pompano Beach, FL
Suncoast Technologies Inc
(727) 943-8696
3727 Janus Way
Palm Harbor, FL
Dependable Component Supply
(954) 283-5800
1003 E Newport Center Dr
Deerfield Beach, FL
Weschler Inc
(954) 755-7920
4000 NW 121st Ave
Coral Springs, FL
Metro Electric Supply Inc
(727) 572-8300
12045 34th St N
Saint Petersburg, FL
Circuit City
(352) 592-4741
13199 Cortez Blvd
Brooksville, FL
Consolidated Electrical Distributors
(561) 840-0080
3635 Fiscal Ct
West Palm Beach, FL

Provided by: 

Provided By:The Daily Vault

Clair De Lune & Sister Moon

Thomas Young

Ocean Records, 1997

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 02/06/1998

Tenor Thomas Young is on a roll these days. He's been featuredin the past year on not one, but two new releases for upstart labelOcean. He had a big part in a Chicago production of "Amistad,"which was out before Steven Spielberg's movie.

There's no doubting that Young has a fine set of pipes; there'salso no doubting that he is comfortable in and capable of singingtunes in both a classic French style and modern jazz styles. But onClair De Lune & Sister Moon, one questions if the twostyles should have been combined.

For the French numbers (all songs by Gabriel Faure), Young isaccompanied only by pianist Susan Caldwell Nelson. The sparsearrangements seem to fit the style of the songs very well, with"Mandoline" and "Clair De Lune" standing out head and shouldersabove the others. (I also did like "En Sourdine," the album'sopener.) For those of us who didn't take French in high school,translations of the songs are provided in the liner notes.

And when Young tackes some of the modern classics, both lightjazz and otherwise, he continues to shine. Stephen Sondheim("Pretty Women"), Rodgers & Hammerstein ("I Have Dreamed"),Billy Strayhorn ("Lush Life")... even Sting ("Sister Moon") get thetenor treatment on this disc. When Young comes close to singing alittle scat or be-bop as he does on "Sister Moon," he shows histrue colors; I wouldn't mind seeing an album just in this styleappear from Young.


Click here to read complete Review

Featured Local Company

Sport Clips

(850) 932-4618
3711 Gulf Breeze Parkway
Gulf Breeze, FL
www.sportclips.com


Rss   Delicious   Digg   Add To My Yahoo   Add To My Google   Bookmark   Search Plugin

Topics:
Advertising Family Home Services Real Estate Resources
Business Services Fashion Industrial Goods & Services Retail & Consumer Services
Career Financial Services Insurance Software
Cars Food & Beverage Internet Technology
Computer Hardware Franchise Legal Telecommunications
Construction Health Miscellaneous Trade Shows
Education Holidays Nightlife Travel
Entertainment Home Appliances Online Database Weddings
Environmental Home Electronics Pets World History