CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD COLOR 8X10 Jazz chanteuse Mary Talbot
Fee realizes a Midwinter Night’s
Dream Debut album release is a diverse, romantic
collection “Most of us have these dreams. When you actually go out and make it a
reality, you lose
the possibility of fantasizing about it.
I decided I didn't want to go through
the rest of my life without going for
it." - Mary Talbot Fee Make no mistake: Mary Talbot Fee is going for it. On Tuesday (March 3), Sketchin’ Records released the jazz
vocalist’s debut disc, Midwinter Night’s Dream. For the veteran San Diego-based
chanteuse who became enraptured with jazz at just 6 years-old, the album is a
mesmerizing 15-track love letter that has been ruminating within her spirit for
decades. After years of jazz vocal
study under the tutelage of Kevyn
Lettau and Amber Whitlock,
Talbot Fee shares her passion on the intimate collection produced by Amber
& Rob Whitlock. It’s a sweeping showcase of jazz
standards, international songs sung in four languages, theatrical tunes, and
contemporary compositions, many that unfold amidst a winter
backdrop. To Talbot Fee, who was
raised in The press and radio has warmly embraced Talbot Fee’s
curtain raiser. The Smooth-Jazz.de website wrote
“Midwinter Night's
Dream is a superb
collection…for all jazz aficionados and lovers of jazz ballades.” Breakfast with Bubba host Bubba Jackson of KKJZ-FM in Los Angeles-Long Beach
concurred declaring, “I love this CD.
The music is outside of the box and Mary delivers... this is totally in the
pocket for me. They did everything right on this (album). There are 4 or 5 cuts that I want
to play. I'm totally impressed with the complete package and what a great
voice!" Talbot Fee was introduced
to opera, show tunes, jazz and singing in church at a young age. Her
mother, Angela, for whom the album is dedicated, was an opera singer and a
musical comedy actress who performed at Carnegie Hall. The album cut “Angela” was sung in
Portuguese to symbolize the inability the singer had communicating with her
mother when the matriarch was afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. Despite Talbot Fee’s
affinity for jazz, she chose to focus on dance, figure skating and
teaching. Not wanting to leave anything undone in a full and complete
life, she decided to finally realize the dream of recording the album that has
long been waiting to emerge from her heart. Additional information is available at
www.marytalbotfee.com and www.sketchinrecords.com. # # # It will be a Midwinter Night’s Dream come true for
Mary Talbot Fee Jazz singer’s debut album,
scheduled for release March 3rd, is an inspired feast of standards,
international songs and contemporary tunes A
love affair with jazz that began at the tender age of 6, chanteuse Mary Talbot Fee will realize a
life-long dream when her debut album, Midwinter Night’s Dream, is released
March 3rd on Sketchin’
Records. Rob & Amber Whitlock produced the
generous fifteen-song collection of jazz standards, international songs and
contemporary compositions anchored by Talbot Fee’s sophisticated, swoon-inducing
voice that takes listeners on an enchanting artistic and theatrical musical
journey. The Whitlock’s composed
three new songs for the disc, including the title track, which was co-authored
by Talbot Fee, who sings fluently in four languages on the album (English,
French, Italian and Portuguese).
Midwinter
Night’s Dream is the culmination of
Talbot Fee’s years of jazz vocals study.
The CD beautifully incorporates her diverse interests making it an
intimate and very personal collection.
With winter being a time for
rebirth, she brazenly decided the time was perfect to take a chance on sharing
her passion for jazz with the world.
A masterful ensemble backed her in the studio including keyboardist Rob
Whitlock (Jazz Crusaders, Eddie Harris), bassist Trey Henry (Tierney Sutton), drummer Cliff Almond (Michele Camillo),
guitarist Pat Kelley (George
Benson), percussionist Luis Conte
(James Taylor), violinist Charlie
Bisharat (John Tesh) and flutist John Rekevics (Checkfield) along with a
talented cast of singers that included Amber Whitlock (Max Bennett) and Kleber Jorge (Sergio Mendes). The decidedly adult album serves up
throwback standards like “If I Had You” and Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer’s “Moment To Moment,”
sultry sambas (“Nuages”), romantic duets (“Anema E Core”), cabaret tunes (“On An
Evening In Roma”) and modern gems including John Lennon & Paul McCartney’s “Norwegian Wood,” Joni Mitchell’s “River,” and a pair
from Stevie Wonder (“Knocks Me Off
My Feet” and “Bird Of Beauty”). The
three originals - “Winter Snow Ballet,” “Inverno Di Gielo” and the title track -
unify and further the album’s motif – the gifts of winter - despite their varied
stylings, moods and languages.
“Winter’s dream enters my slumber, stills my thoughts,
and encourages me to rest, renew and restore for the coming year’s journey,”
reflected Talbot Fee on her inspiration for the album. “I don’t fall into the role that people
would consider traditional, but I can’t let that stop me now. I
don’t know where my recording will travel, but I know that I did the right thing
taking this risk in trying. It’s my turn to express myself fully and I
have a lot to express!” Now
residing in The
songs contained on Talbot Fee’s Midwinter
Night’s Dream are: “If
I Had You”
“In The Bleak Midwinter” “Nuages”
“Knocks Me Off My Feet” “Anema E Core”
“Inverno Di Gielo” “Winter Snow Ballet”
“Midwinter Night’s Dream” Intro/“Norwegian Wood”
“Angela” “Moment To Moment”
Intro/“I Will Wait For You” “River”
“Bird Of Beauty” “On
An Evening In Roma” # #
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