Speak Low (Patrice Jégou album)
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| Released | May 6, 2014[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 68:22 | |||
| Label | Prairie Star Records | |||
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Speak Low is the debut album by Patrice Jégou, released May 6, 2014.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]C. Michael Bailey of All About Jazz says this about Speak Low, "This is very much a throwback to a more elaborately arranged day, when it was required to wear black tie when hearing this music live. A solid recital."[2]
Brian Zimmerman of Jazziz writes, "Her debut pop album, 2014’s Speak Low, was a 15-track exploration of the Great American Songbook that cast the budding jazz vocalist in a brilliant new light. Her career path, long and winding as it was, had delivered her to where she was supposed to be."[1]
Jazz Music Archives quotes the album notes with this remark, "Remember the first time you heard Streisand or Renée Fleming, Celine Dion or Adele? Yes, the voice was arrestingly beautiful, but there was more: a distinctiveness that made that moment of discovery uniquely thrilling. Each is blessed with "that little something extra," as James Mason so aptly described it to Judy Garland in "A Star Is Born," that signifies true star quality. Hit "play" on track one of Speak Low, the debut release from classically-trained mezzo-soprano Patrice Jégou, and you immediately feel that same effect; that ineffable je ne sais quoi that separates the great from the merely good."
Alberta Music quotes Downbeat's Bob Doerschuck in their bio, "Jégou has recorded two jazz albums, Speak Low (2014) and If It Ain’t Love (2019), each showcasing a rare artistry and even greater promise for years to come."[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" (feat. Joey Kibble & Mark Kibble) | 5:59 | |
| 2. | "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" | 3:19 | |
| 3. | "From This Moment On" (feat. Conrad Herwig) | Cole Porter | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" |
| 4:54 |
| 5. | "I've Got the Sun in the Morning" | Irving Berlin | 4:04 |
| 6. | "What a Difference a Day Made" | 4:41 | |
| 7. | "Lullaby of the Leaves" (feat. Mark Kibble) | 6:28 | |
| 8. | "Down by the Salley Gardens" (feat. Cristina Pato) | Traditional | 5:06 |
| 9. | "Speak Low" (feat. The Lori Mechem Trio) | 4:49 | |
| 10. | "This Little Light of Mine" (feat. Kirk Whalum, Andraé Crouch and the Andraé Crouch Singers, Joey Kibble & Mark Kibble) | Harry Dixon Loes | 5:38 |
| 11. | "Niño Precioso" | Traditional | 4:06 |
| 12. | "The Summer Knows" |
| 4:07 |
| 13. | "Walking After Midnight" |
| 3:53 |
| 14. | "Til There Was You" | Meredith Wilson | 4:02 |
| 15. | "The Summer Knows" |
| 4:41 |
| Total length: | 68:22 | ||
- Track information and credits adapted from Discogs[4] and AllMusic,[5] and verified from the album's liner notes[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Zimmerman, Brian (April 3, 2019). "Patrice Jégou, Former Figure Skater, Makes Dazzling Leap into Jazz". jazziz.com. Jazziz. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Bailey, C. Michael (July 28, 2014). "Jazz Vocals July - Patrice Jegou". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Doerschuck, Bob. "Patrice Jégou - Bio/Description". albertamusic.org. Alberta Music. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "Patrice Jégou – Speak Low". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "Patrice Jégou - Speak Low". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Speak Low (liner notes). Patrice Jégou. Prairie Star Records. 2014.
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