(Vocal Jazz / Smooth Jazz) Andrea Mann - Photograph - 2009, MP3, 320 kbps

An intimate, late-night mix of mellow bossa nova and jazz - from well-known standards to reworkings of modern pop songs - this is a wonderfully original debut from a new star on the British jazz scene.
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"A silky and romantic singing voice combined with an elegant, gorgeous ensemble of London's elite musicians. This is the debut album from Andrea Mann, who represents the next generation of female vocalists... This is more than just a standard jazz vocal album."
-- Tower Records
Andrea Mann’s relaxed, smoky vocal style has been compared to that of Diana Krall and Julie London. But her repertoire of original songs, classic material from the Great American Songbook, Brazilian Bossa Nova and arrangements of pop songs, makes her approach to jazz singing unique as well as accessible and easy on the ears.
Andrea has been singing professionally for just five years. Based in London, and working with some of the finest musicians in the UK, she now performs at jazz venues, private parties and corporate functions all over the country – and the places she has played include the Oxford Jazz Festival, 606 Club, Kensington Palace and the Royal Society of Arts. In 2008, she also had a two-month residency at the five-star G Hotel in Penang, Malaysia.
Andrea arranged and produced all the tracks on 'Photograph', and it was recorded, engineered and co-produced at Clown's Pocket Studios by Derek Nash, producer of Jamie Cullum's debut album 'Pointless Nostalgic'. Within weeks of its release in April 2009, it was number two in HMV Japan’s jazz chart, charting alongside the latest albums from Diana Krall and Melody Gardot.
'Photograph' also entered Rhapsody.com’s jazz chart at number 11 – while its original track Yosemite was chosen as ‘Download Of The Day’ on Allaboutjazz.com, being downloaded over 2,000 times to date.
The musicians: Andrea Mann: vocals, Martin Pickett: piano (except tracks 2 & 9), Paul Jefferies: bass, Ben Twyford: drums, Nigel Price: guitar, Barry Green: piano (tracks 2 & 9).CDBaby | Discogs | Amazon