Shawnn Monteiro

To Carmen with love

Dave Zinno

Mike Renzi

Steve Langone

Finian's Rainbow: Finian's Rainbow: Old Devil Moon

Roberta: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Roberta: Yesterdays

Broadway Melody of 1940: Broadway Melody of 1940: I concentrate on you

Star Spangled Rhythm: Star Spangled Rhythm: That Old Black Magic

You're Looking at Me

Mean to Me

Come in from the Rain

Miss Brown to You

One Touch of Venus: One Touch of Venus: Speak Low

A Damsel in Distress: A Damsel in Distress: Nice work if you can get it

I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before

Nature Boy

Kenny Barron

It’s been some time since we’ve heard from Shawnn Monteiro, jazz chanteuse extraordinaire. While the pandemic derailed most performance, Monteiro, who also spends a good deal of her time teaching jazz vocals in a university setting, managed to pull a recording together, and we’re all happy that she did. You Are There, her sixth release overall and third for Whaling City Sound, is the gorgeous sound of a veteran vocalist whose artistry is crafted in the mold of Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McCrae, and Nancy Wilson. For the ride, she enjoys the company and support of two distinguished trios. The first half of the recording are with her regular working trio, which includes Michael Renzi on piano, Dave Zinno on bass and Steve Langone on drums. The second half is an earlier session at Brooklyn’s revered Systems Two studio, and features Kenny Barron on piano, Nat Reeves on bass, and Joe Farnsworth on drums. Trombonist Steve Davis and trumpeters John Allmark and Joshua Bruneau also make important contributions. Monteiro handles her material the way a painter decorates a canvas with color. Her uber-talent lies in her ability to crush a ballad, whether it’s a sexy beast like “Alone at Last,” or a bluesy vocal like “You’ll See.” Her voice finds the loveliness between the notes, the subtleties of a lyric, the sincerity and passion of a song or a couplet or a simple line that comes straight from the soul, with a warm embrace.

To Carmen with love

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