Title: Careless Love - Madelein Peyroux - did not "take off"!
Product review: Whilst I loved her voice, yes definitely shades of Billie Holiday,the compilation of material and arrangements were to my mind quite repetetive and boring. She is obviously surrounded by some good jazzmen, some of who I kept waiting to be allowed to contribute their undoubted talents in improvisation. Unfortunately, they were reigned in far too tight and for me the music never really lifted or "took off". I don't know if MP only sings ballads but it is a pity that she did not up the tempo a bit now and again. The arrangement for "Careless Love" in particular did not work for me, whilst interesting for perhaps the first refrain, to maintain the strict thumping tempo throughout was a mistake. Again, things failed to "take off"
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