Jaimee Paul - At Last
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Artist: Jaimee PaulOrchestra: Jeff Steinberg Orchestra
Performer: The Beegie Adair Trio
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Music Label: GREEN HILL
Soundtracks:
- At Last
- Cry Me A River
- Fever
- Crazy
- What A Difference A Day Makes
- Summertime
- Lover Man
- Sentimental Journey
- Stormy Weather
- Whatever Lola Wants
- Love, You Didn't Do Right By me
- You Belong To Me
- Over The Rainbow
Music reviews of At Last
Music Review: An Extraordinary Voice Does Not a Five Star Album Make
Rating: 3 Stars
Jaimee Paul is a Nashville-based singer who has worked and toured with big-league performers like Lyle Lovett and Wynonna Judd. "At Last" is her major-label debut solo album*.
And now, let's get straight to the point: Obviously I disagree with the other reviewers, all of whom have given "At Last" five stars. But I don't disagree in so far as Ms Paul's voice is concerned. She has an extraordinary voice - a lush, sensual, smokey alto. I kid you not, if you heard Ms Paul singing at closing time, you'd think that you had died and gone to heaven. No, it's not Ms Paul's voice that makes "At Last" a so-so album for me.
"At Last" is a set of thirteen standards - ranging from pop to country to jazz. Each song is sung by Ms Paul as a tribute to the iconic singer most closely associated with it. So we get songs like Etta James' "At Last;" Dinah Washington's "What a Difference a Day Makes;" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy." These are great songs, but by the time we hear the thirteenth, Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow," they have all begun to sound the same. Every song is done at the same mid-tempo with the same orchestration - and man, is this album packed with orchestration - Beegie Adair's trio, swollen to an ochtette, plus the Jeff Steinberg Orchestra. There's some good work here - particularly Ms Adair's subtle piano, Leif Shires', (Ms Paul's husband), trumpet and Jack Jezzro's guitar - but generally every song is awash in smooth, string-driven pop. By the third cut, I was sayin', "Come on Lady, kick it up a notch!" But Ms Paul never does.
Bottom line: Ms Paul has a five star voice and "At Last" is a three star album. With a voice like this, Ms Paul will be back for a sophmore record. Here's hoping that she gets a chance to show what she can really do!
* An update and note on Ms Paul's discography: "At Last" was Ms Paul's major-label debut on Green Hill, but her first album is actually, "Angel Like You," a set of standards, backed by a trio and small band. ALY is at least a "four star" record but as far as I know, it's only available on Leif Shires' web site. Ms Paul's second album for Green Hill is "Christmas Time is Here." Released in October 2010, CTIH, is - I'll bet you've guessed it - an album of Christmas music. Ms Paul's newest album, "Melancholy Baby," was released in January, 2011. It's a set of standards with some interesting and surprising choices - how about "People Get Ready"? For me, MB is the record that "At Last" could'a/should'a been - and it's a "five star" record for sure!
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