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There will be two 45-minute sets with one intermission Jane Monheit is exclusively managed by American International Artists, Inc., www.aiartists.com For booking and appearances, contact Unlimited Myles, Inc. 6 Imaginary Place, Aberdeen, NJ 07747 Sponsored by: 17 “If voices could be bought and sold the way that, say, violins are, Jane Monheit’s instrument would likely command a pretty price.” –The Master’s Voice ABOUT THE ARTIST Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit celebrates the number one, and yielded two Grammy nomi- tenth anniversary of her remarkable recording nations in the Best Instrumental Arrangement career with her most mature, heartfelt album Accompanying Vocals category, recognizing yet, Home, a collection of standards that repre- the work of Vince Mendoza on 2002’s In The sents a passionate return to her roots as a jazz Sun and 2004’s Taking A Chance On Love. musician. The CD features the band she has The making of Home has been a defining mo- worked with onstage and off for most of her ment in Monheit’s career for different reasons. career, as well as special guests such as John She has emerged as a fully complete musician, Pizzarelli, Mark O’Connor, and Larry Goldings. sole producer of the album, and able to deliver This is her first album for Emarcy/Universal vocals that show a deep maturity, reflecting and also marks her debut as sole producer of a her life experience as a woman and mother. recording. However, Monheit experienced a first during “I didn’t feel the need for anyone to help me the making of the record: She had to come realize the vision of this record”, says Monheit. to grips with the reality that her voice is not “This is a project I’ve been thinking of for a an infallible instrument. “Every musician goes long time…an album of songs and a group through some sort of crisis in their playing,” she of musicians that are deeply important to me. says. “You take your talent for granted, when There was no need to discuss what should or the fact is that you’re not invincible. I’ve been should not be included, or who should play… singing since I could talk. It was effortless. But this is clearly me, from the heart. My relation- for the first time in my life, I’ve had to learn ships to these songs and my love for the how to take care of my instrument and be people playing them make this album what more gentle to myself to appreciate it fully. it is.” Your voice is very delicate, and can need reha- On the whole, Home is arguably the loveli- bilitation due to constant overuse and travel… est and lightest album of Monheit’s 10-CD especially with a toddler! You get exhausted…I discography. Treasured songs include the needed to slow down and take care of myself.” upbeat Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz classic The entire experience, both deeply reward- “A Shine On Your Shoes”, the swinging Rodgers ing as a producer and incredibly challenging and Hart gem “Everything I’ve Got Belongs To as a vocalist, helped to render a final product You”, a charming rendition of Irving Berlin’s that is more true to who Monheit really is than “Isn’t It A Lovely Day”, and Jerome Kern/B.G. perhaps any of her past projects. “All of my Desylva’s accentuate-the-positive “Look For records are important to me in different ways. The Silver Lining”. “I’m so much more drawn I’ve been very lucky…I’ve had the chance to to the happier songs,” she says with a laugh, make these epic fantasies in the studio with noting that this is the first album she’s made gigantic, lush arrangements, incredible orches- in its entirety since becoming a mother. (Her tras, and all the magic you could ever ask for. It son was born halfway through the recording of was time for me to do what’s real, though. This her previous album, The Lovers, The Dreamers, album more closely resembles what we do on And Me). “Having a beautiful child in my life stage than any other. The musicians I work with has really lightened me up, especially where every day, Michael Kanan, Neal Miner, and Rick music is concerned! I’ll always have a high level Montalbano, are my family. They are the heart of drama, though…it makes me who I am, and of this record, and I guess my vocals provide certainly helps me be better at what I do!” the soul.” An extraordinarily gifted jazz vocalist whose Home opens with the bright, swinging “A sincere and romantic interpretations of excep- Shine On Your Shoes”, which Monheit first tional songs has made her a favorite in both heard as a child in one of her favorite films, the jazz and cabaret worlds, Monheit has gar- 1953’s The Bandwagon.