Carol Fredette Comes To The Iridium 6/30
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jun. 29, 2010
CAROL FREDETTE AT IRIDIUM comes to the Iridium on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th, 2010, 8pm & 10pm with Andy Ezrin, piano, David Finck, bass, Jim Saporito, drums
1650 Broadway (at 51st Street)
212.582.2121
FOR RESERVATIONS
http://WWW.IRIDIUMJAZZCLUB.COM
"Carol Fredette is one of New York's most blissfully talented jazz singers. When Ms. Fredette is holding court...the work of Kern, Porter, Fields and Arlen gives new meaning to the Great American Songbook. The voice is clear, strong and intensely musical...an exemplary "Last Night When We Were Young," so exquisitely phrased that she infused E.Y.Harburg's lyrics with new meaning. On ballads and finger snapping up tunes, she shows a sense of fearless vocal exploration, bending notes and taking risks without ever losing control of her devotion to the story lines. Her dedication to the emotional subtext of her songs turns even the most familiar classics into new minted gems....and the stream-of-consciousness in her narrative approach to lyrics is almost Faulknerian. Startling yet accessible. Carol Fredette is one of the coolest jazz vocalists around. Every time I see her, I hear something new and worthy of hearing again."
-Rex Reed, The New York Observer, Oct 26, 2009
"Miss Fredette brings a bracingly taut sense of line, perfect diction and fine-tuned dynamics to everything she touches..."
Stephen Holden, New York Times
"Soundbrush Records has snared on of New York's vocal legends, and produced one of the most notable sessions of the year, "Everything In Time". Versatility...must be employed when alluding to Fredette's vast Brazilian repertoire and her enormous success recording the hip humor of Dave Frishberg and Bob Dorough. This great breadth of conquests is one of the reasons Fredette has become one of Gotham's leading teachers of vocal music aspirants. Fredette gives listeners a lesson in the art of performing a comprehensive repertoire. All of the elements are there - poetic phrasing, emotional intensity and sheer musicality."
Nick Catalano, Allaboutjazz.com, author of New York Nights, music critic, educator
"Everything's here...Carol sings her way through 15 songs that will thrill you as it did me. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Arlen-Harburg)...absolute vocal masterpiece. Carol understands the great songs she sings, ...absolutely perfect and faultless long-awaited feel-good CD."
Dan Singer, In Tune International, Feb. 2009
"...Fredette is probably the best interpreter of ...Dave Frishberg and Bob Dorough...other than the songwriters themselves. Another ongoing part of Fredette's repertoire is the inclusion of several Brazilian songs in her set list...when it comes to swinging, she is right on top of the game. When Fredette finished the second set you sat there feeling that you were experiencing the end of one of those evenings that you hoped would go on forever.
Joe Lang, Jersey Jazz, December 2009
Carol Fredette generated power through understatment...she swings hard...an uncommonly musical vocalist."
Bob Blumenthal, Boston Globe
Carol Fredette was cookin'...always inventive, Fredette displayed her vibrant tableau of Brazilian, rhythm, witty and emotional favorites...sensuous "Vivo Sonhando"...outstanding phrasing...physically and vocally expressive, her deliveries are intense, intimate, communicative, sometimes playful. Listening to Fredette's infectious swing...delicious.
Elizabeth Ahlfors, Cabaret Scenes, July/August 2009
"Carol Fredette is everything you need in a jazz singer. She thinks, swings and phrases like a creative instrumentalist, yet her way with words captures the essence of a lyric."
Dan Morgenstern, author, jazz historian and critic
"Carol Fredette has always been a singer who gets to the essence of a song, but this album keeps you enraptured on many other levels, too. There is a sense of intimacy throughout,...and the carefree joy of swinging on several Brazilian tunes and a jazz standard or two. Fredette draws you inside yourself on ballads. Then she turns witty and sunny on a fast samba such as "O Pato" (The Duck) by Jayme Silva and Neuza Teixeira, with English lyrics by Jon Hendricks. "A Fine Romance" by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, bounces along and shows how casually artful Fredette is with the irony of the lyrics."
Owen Cordle, News & Observer, April 2009
"I guess it's true when they say, be patient "Everything in Time," because with this album Carol Fredette lets it all hang out delivering a superb musical experience. Carol Fredette releases one of the best jazz vocal recordings this year."
Edward Blanco, EJazznews.com, December 14, 2008
"Haven't heard anyone do the Bing Crosby feature "Love Thy Neighbor"...since John Coltrane in the 1950's. Fredette sings it with the joy in her voice to equal the whooping exuberance of Trane's solo. Her laughing, quacking take on the bossa nova classic 'O Pato' is just one more of 15 reasons to admire this classy collection."
Doug Ramsey, artsjournal.com, April 2009
"Fredette sounds as fresh and pure as ever...satin-lined,wistful and animated...tempering a girlish vitality...with a soupcon of Frishbergesque mordance and mischievnousness."
Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times, April 2009
"Fredette is a true jazz vocalist. Her 'feel' and phrasing are marvelous; her voice is dusky and sensual. She favor songs that...tell a story that'll keep an audience riveted."
The Davis Enterprise, April 2009
"Jazz vocalist Carol Fredette's singing is characterized as a clinic in singing with perfect diction. With a linguist's ear, Fredette concretely pronounces every word to every song she sings, as if to commit them to platinum casts for use by International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Fredette accomplishes this not in some self-conscious way, but with a humor and grace that portrays a fully lived jazz life. This is further reflected in the breezy tone "Everything in Time" takes. Light latin jazz, humid islands, and secure mainstream treatments populate this fully realized collection."
C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz, June 24, 2009
"Sincere, heartfelt, impassioned...a few of the adjectives that help describe Carol Fredette's way with a song. She's upbeat and joyous...wistful and blue. No matter what she sings, Fredette makes sure to honor the lyrics and be faithful to them. It's all about the material...making you believe the song, feel it as strongly as she does."
Willard Manus, Blues & Jazz Scope, May 2009
"Here is a jazz interpreter who is also a fine actress, her focus held throughout each number - always mindful to vary the color of each tune. There was a refreshing lack of artifice throughout. The lady's purpose is to serve the song and entertain the audience."
Charles Cochran, Birdland: Sinatra Music Society (Dublin branch), June 1, 2009
"Carol Fredette's CD "Everything I Need" has just been re-released in Japan for the first time on the Sinatra Society of Japan label...a collection of songs by Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg. What's rare about the album is the guest appearance of the two songwriters on each of their own songs in duet with Carol This CD is a "must be listened to" item, as big stars are joining her on several tracks...a collector's item."
Yasuyuki Ishiwara, Hama Jazz (Yokahama Jazz Association Journal), Aug 2009
"Everything I Need" will be appealing to the jazz afficionados...the line-up of the musicians is splendid and fascinating. She charms the listeners with her special skill to entertain them from the first song through the last..."Zoot Walks In" (Frishberg, Zoot Sims, Gerry Mulligan) is done beautifully...a real JAZZ SINGER."
Keiichi Konishi, The Swing Journal, June 2009
"...the honey-voiced Fredette...sublime enunciation and skilled dynamics...highly stylized, ...witty and sophisticated, does it all without gimmicks and with a sound that belongs only to her."
John Hogland, Backstage
Dr. Herb Wong, Jazz Educator's Journal
"Here's a special treat for hipsters...this set (Everything In Time, Soundbrush Records) will perk up any set of jaded ears in need of a kick from a pro...keeping things from getting predictable even where chestnuts are concerned...Simply a wonderful date that hits all the right notes throughout."
Chris Spector, Midwest Record, Nov. 22, 2009
"Carol Fredette is among the upper echelon of current jazz vocalists. Fredette really gets to the heart of a lyric...she is an enthusiastic and free-spirited presence, filled with inventive artistry and good humor. Fredette invests her material with the kind of freshness that she brings to every song she chooses to sing.
Joe Lang, Jazz Improv NY, May 2009
Deep, spicy and silky voiced...sensual and funny. When she sings, the concentration is total, the emotions heartbreaking."
Renaud Machart, Le Monde
"She's simply in a class by herself."
Nickolas Catalano, All About Jazz
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http://www.carolfredette.com
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