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Summary: Magnificent!!!
Review: After viewing this marvelous concert at the historic Rainbow Room (high above Rockefeller Center), I realized what a great singer Ms. Monheit has become in just a few short years...and she's only 23! Thank God that she is NOT one of those so-called "divas" who currently dominate today's music scene. Unfortunately, I do not have any of her CDs at the moment, but this DVD will do fine because it includes ALL the songs from "In the Sun," and others. I recommend this DVD...you will love it!
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Summary: Boring, boring, boring
Review: After watching this performance, it went immediately into a box for donation to the local used bookstore. Monheit was a big disappointment. Why not create a DVD of Wendy Lands or someone else who shows some real feeling?
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Summary: Hot. hot, hot
Review: As a female model myself, I can vouch that Jane is hot! She can also sing like an angel with a large and magnificent voice, and oh what great stage presence she has. you have to own this dvd.
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Summary: Hot. hot, hot
Review: As a female model myself, I can vouch that Jane is hot! She can also sing like an angel with a large and magnificent voice, and oh what great stage presence she has. you have to own this dvd.
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Summary: Krall might swing harder, but Monheit soars higher
Review: Being a fan mainly of classic rock, blues, and jazz, it is so rare and wonderful when a young artist comes along and has the talent and charisma to reinvigorate the art form. You can throw away those Norah Jones CD's, because here is a true singer. She actually sounds a great deal like Sarah MacLachlan, if Sarah had fully learned how to use her voice and sung jazz. Jane Monheit has been picked on quite a bit simply beause she is absolutely gorgeous in an old fashioned classic way, but she handles herself so well on stage and fills the whole room with her voice that only a jealous woman would ever pick on her for being pretty. Her voice has also been compared to Ella Fitzgerald's, then struck down because she is not as good as Ella. That is completely unfair, because there was only one Ella, and there is only one Jane Monheit. And just because she is not Ella, does not mean she is not excellent. Jazz snobs of the world, move to Iraq, please! The concert opens with Ms. Monheit singing the introduction of Over the Rainbow, a cappella, a gutsy opening if there ever was one. Then she takes on Duke Ellington's Just Squeeze Me with a steamy sensuality which the so-called pop divas of today can only dream of. She has cleavage, but barely shows it, and brushing her long red hair out of her face while listening to a solo is hotter than any gesture by any teen queen with a tongue ring and silicone. Imagine that---subtlety, beauty, and talent. What decade am I in again? I had to buy this disc not having any idea how it would sound because of her excellent choice of tunes, including the haunting Bill Evans ballad Turn Out the Stars, which she performs with authority, all sadness and agony but no schmaltz, like a country tune done just right but not overdone or a steak cooked just enough to keep the flavor. The concert closes with the Berstein tune Some Other Time, which she uses to close all of her shows. Her favorite tune here is one of the best: More Than You Know, taken at a tempo too fast for my taste, but on the other hand proves that she can swing. I am just disappointed that such a good recording with orchestra was not done in DTS. Hopefully next time, they will budget for this. She is supported by a full orchestra, but the balance is good, you can always hear her clearly, and the band is spread all around by the mix. This is not a dream, this is not a test: a great beauty with a majestic voice performing in New York's hallowed Rainbow Room. Bravo!
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Summary: UK release
Review: Does anyone know if this is available or due for release on UK or European DVD format?
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Summary: UK release
Review: Does anyone know if this is planned for release on UK or European compatible DVD?
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Summary: Jane Lewinsky in a manic phase?
Review: Don't get me wrong---I'm a Monheit fan. I have all of her cds and find her voice just about perfect, her phrasing delightful. But, oh man, does she need coaching as far as live performances go! For this Rainbow Room gig she looked hideous in an ill-fitting dress, WAY too much make-up a la Monica Lewinsky, and her hand and body movements were really, really awkward and distracting. She kind of bobbed up and down, like a buoy in a rough sea, and kept slinging back her hair and running her fingers through it, trying to be sexy, but failing,oh really failing. And then there was the oversinging. Halfway thru the first song, "Over the Rainbow" I got slightly nauseated and it went downhill fast after that. Grimacing, shimmying, tugging at the air---no, Jane, please. Get some coaching. Your voice is wonderful---take a backseat to IT. Chill. Relax. Stay still.Be the excellent,sophisticated performer you have it in you to be. PS. I had to stop watching after the first two songs. Maybe it gets better?
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Summary: West Coaster
Review: I am sorry to say that I too did not enjoy the Jane Monheit DVD. I purchased it and would give it away... I am in Las Vegas and whether you are in blue jeans or a tux... Talent is talent. The Las Vegas reviewer is in the entertainment business. One reviewer said Jane Monheit graduated from "one of the best music schools" does not matter the DVD is awful. We have other CD's of Jane Monheim and they are OK... She needs management and help...
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Summary: Pretty lame stuff
Review: I bought this DVD expecting to hear music similar to Diana Krall or maybe Nora Jones. Was I ever disappointed. This lady can't seem to find the notes. And, although I guess she's pretty, you couldn't tell because she's hidden under so much makeup. Oh well, I guess one lives and learns. Don't buy something based on reviews and genre alone. Sample it first. Duh!
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