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May 1, 2009 New Music: Melody Gardot
With her debut album, Worrisome Hear, Melody Gardot displayed her instinctive gift for transforming the traditions of jazz and blues with her personal kiss of life. But even her most ardent admirers will be amazed at the giant creative leap forward she has taken with the follow-up, My One And Only Thrill.
Mixing Latin rhythms, finger-snapping blues and deep, smoldering torch songs, it’s an album that seems to have been shaped from several lifetimes of love, loss and longing. Though she’s still only in her early twenties, the rapturous reception accorded to Worrisome Heart by fans and critics meant that she suddenly found her life moving at triple speed, as Melody and her band bounced between gigs, hotels and airports as demand blossomed across several continents.
Under the helmsmanship of producer Larry Klein (fresh from his Grammy®-winning work with Herbie Hancock on River: The Joni Letters and a collaborator with such artists as Don Henley, Peter Gabriel and Steely Dan’s Walter Becker), the subtle empathy that the musicians bring to their live performances is recreated on the album.
In the mysterious way that songwriters have, Melody merged her memories of the song with her passion for Brazilian music, and the results are as refreshing as they’re unexpected. Mendoza’s sunny, supple arrangement perfectly complements her deliciously relaxed vocal, blowing the cobwebs off the much-loved tune to create a 21st century classic.
A year ago, much of the discussion about Melody Gardot centered on the way she’d recovered from a terrible road accident and had used music as a therapeutic lifeline. But with My One And Only Thrill, the topics of conversation are going to be her musicianship, her song- writing and her astonishing artistic growth. Ladies and gents, a star is born. [Source]
To learn more about the talented artist, visit her official website after you view her performing “My One And Only Thrill” at the Union Chapel in London, this pass March!
Lauren
May 1, 2009 at 1:45 pm
It’s difficult to hear the song from listening to this video..
Lauren
May 1, 2009 at 2:26 pm
i listened to the mp3 of the song and it’s very unique & fresh. She has such an eclectic sound.
Geyonce[tha]Gem
May 1, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I will have to check her out!
The Artiste
May 2, 2009 at 11:41 am
I’ve heard of her a while ago but she sounds like a copycat Billie Holiday. I’m more into proper jazz music not mimicks so I wasn’t feeling Medolody’s music
Jazzlovr1990
May 28, 2009 at 1:14 pm
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/Melody+Gardot/Baby+I%27m+A+Fool–208579859;_ylt=AknkmUquDJnwGzv5PvwMtwbesyUv <—this is her new single called “Baby I’m a Fool” and her video is amazing! I love the concept of the video and the song and her voice is one of a kind!