This is a reissue, remastered by the renowned recording engineer Bernie Grundman, of the singer’s 2003 album that achieved gold status in France three years later and launched her into mainstream consciousness.
Born in 1965, virtually a decade after rock ’n’ roll arrived, Ms. Kent is more than happy to acknowledge the Great American Songbook, paying silken tribute to her heroes from that pre-rock period while adding jazz interpretations of such later works as James Taylor’s You Got A Friend. The gossamer quality of her voice is well-complemented by the stripped-back and restrained accompaniment.
This is a fine album that should please existing admirers in its refreshed form and may well increase her fan base.
Discography
The Best Is Yet To Come; The Boy Next Door; The Trolley Song; Say It Isn’t So; Too Darn Hot; Makin’ Whoopee; What The World Needs Now Is Love; You Got A Friend; I Got It Bad; Ooh-Shoo-Be-Bo-Bee; People Will Say We’re In Love; ’Tis Autumn; All I Do Is Dream Of You; I Get Along Without You Very Well; You’re The Top; Bookends (56.46)
Kent (v); Jim Tomlinson (ts, as, bv); Colin Oxley (g); David Newton (p, bv); Dave Chamberlain (b); Matt Home (d); Curtis Schwartz (bv). Curtis Schwartz Studios, Ardingly, England, 18–22 February 2003.
Candid CCD 32022
