Olivia is a Singaporean singer who made her debut with songs in the English vernacular. She subsequently progressed to singing in Japanese upon the progression of her career in Japan.
Likened to Keiko Matsuda, she won a singing contest and was signed to a Japanese recording company at the age of 15....
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music impresario, musical arranger, record producer, and film composer.
During 50 years in the entertainment industry Jones’ work has earned him more than 70 Grammy Award nominations, more than 25 Grammy Awards, and a Grammy Legends Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of two of the top-selling records of all time: the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, and the charity song “We Are the World”. Also known for work with Frank Sinatra....
Having let eight years pass since his last A&M album, Quincy Jones made his debut on his own label with his most extravagant, most star-studded, most brilliantly sequenced pop album to date — which could have only been assembled by the man who put together “We Are the World.” Jones was one of the first establishment musicians to embrace rap, and one of the first to link rap with his jazz heritage; it’s hard not to be moved by the likes of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Zawinul, Sarah Vaughan, and George Benson electronically appearing on “Birdland” and trading brief licks with the likes of Kool Moe Dee and Big Daddy Kane on “Jazz Corner of the World.” Later, jazz buffs would vilify Jones for not taking fuller advantage of this one-time constellation of jazz stars, but at the time, it seemed like a marvelous dialogue between the old and the new. Of course, as he well knew, celebrating jazz history is not the surest route to a blockbuster hit record, so there are plenty of radio-friendly urban pop productions here, with Herbie Hancock and George Duke on keyboards, and Siedah Garrett and 12-year-old Tevin Campbell on vocals. Despite the presence of an enthused Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, and the Brothers Johnson, the overly busy techno remake of “I’ll Be Good to You” doesn’t cut the Johnsons’ original — nor does “Tomorrow.” Ultimately the most popular track would be the most tedious for the jazz listener, “The Secret Garden,” with a parade of smooth soul balladeers producing make-out music at length. Yet Back on the Block remains a strikingly durable piece of entertainment, and in hindsight, a poignant signpost of the changing of the guard....
Saint Privat is a story born of a midsummer wedding. Valerie performs in the
wedding band and in doing so meets electronic producer Waldeck who is
amongst the guests. They start a conversation and discover they want to move
in the same direction- musically that is. Et voilà… some time later Saint Privat
is born.
Saint Privat takes you to a glamorous world nestled between soft Bossa-Nova,
60’s Riviera and Rococo Jazz. Intimate and glamorous vocals reminiscent of
french chansons combined with subtle electronic sounds set the delicate
framework for their dreamy, fresh but nevertheless deep debut album. “Riviera”
brings back a forgotten world in which charming jewel thieves end up in high
speed car chases on the French riviera. A world full of spotaneous joy
(“Nothing Lose”), baroque feelings (“Rokoko”) and sparkling hedonism....
Two realities are abundantly clear from listening to this Brazilian songstress legend’s latest mix of standards and originals — she swings magnificently with great jazz company (including her husband, percussion legend Airto Moreira) and she’s far more emotionally effective singing in her native Portuguese than in her heavily accented English. Her phrasing is solid on classics like “You Go To My Head” and the samba flavored “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” but her thick accent keeps the ears distracted somewhat from the message her heart seeks to convey. ...
On Açaí released in 2008 their conjuction continued and Aline recorded a cover version of Schütz Swedish song “Som Ingenting Har Hänt”. Açaí was produced by the Japanese producer Jun Miyake, and beside the Swedish song the album features one song in French and the rest in Portoguese....
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Gretchen Lieberum
Laura Fygi
Gabriella Cilmi
Jamie Cullum
