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Currency Of Man (Album) by Melody Gardot
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Melody Gardot B. 1985 Is A Grammy-Nominated U.S. Jazz Singer Writer And Musician. Born On The 2nd February 1985 In Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gardot Took Up Piano And Played As A Youngster On The Nightclub Scene Of Philadelphia Influenced By Jazz Folk Rock And Pop Musics. At The Age Of Nineteen She Was A Fashion Student At The Community College Of Philadelphia. While Cycling In Philadelphia In November 2003 She Was Hit By A Car Whose Driver Had Ignored A Red Traffic Light. In The Accident She Suffered Serious Head And Spinal Injuries And Her Pelvis Was Broken In Two Places. Because Of These Severe Injuries She Was Confined To Her Hospital Bed For A Year. Her Musical Beginning Was Prompted By A Tending Physician Who Was Concerned With Her Cognitive Impairment As A Result Of Head Injury Sustained In The Accident. He Believed That Music Would Help Her Brain Injury Improve As It Has Been Known To Show Remarkable Results In Improving People's Cognitive Ability After Such Trauma. Following Her Doctor's Suggestion Gardot Made Recordings Bedside While Still Unable To Walk And Eventually Released The Works As An EP Some Lessons The Bedroom Sessions 2005 . Gardot's Desire To Be Well Combined With A Bit Of Luck Brought Her To The Attention Of A Local Radio DJ At The AAA Station WXPN Known For Launching The Careers Of Artists Such As Amos Lee And Norah Jones . Her Cognitive Powers Slowly But Surely Became Pronounced Leading To The Independent Recording And Release Of Her Debut CD Worrisome Heart Which Was Reissued In 2007 By Verve Records. Gardot Is Hypersensitive To Light And Noise So Wears Dark Glasses She Also Uses A Cane To Walk. Onstage She Requires A Special Seating Unit And Wears A Transcutaneous Electro-Nerve Stimulator A TENS Device To Assist In Alleviating Her Neuralgic Muscle Pain. Though Touring Is Difficult She Has Been Performing In Major Cities On The East Coast Of The U.S. To Support Her Recordings. In 2009 Working With Producer Larry Klein And Arranger Vince Mendoza - Both Known For Their Work With Joni Mitchell - Gardot Followed Up Her Verve Debut With My One And Only Thrill. In 2012 She Released The Album The Absence.
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Melody Gardot B. 1985 Is A Grammy-Nominated U.S. Jazz Singer Writer And Musician. Born On The 2nd February 1985 In Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gardot Took Up Piano And Played As A Youngster On The Nightclub Scene Of Philadelphia Influenced By Jazz Folk Rock And Pop Musics. At The Age Of Nineteen She Was A Fashion Student At The Community College Of Philadelphia. While Cycling In Philadelphia In November 2003 She Was Hit By A Car Whose Driver Had Ignored A Red Traffic Light. In The Accident She Suffered Serious Head And Spinal Injuries And Her Pelvis Was Broken In Two Places. Because Of These Severe Injuries She Was Confined To Her Hospital Bed For A Year. Her Musical Beginning Was Prompted By A Tending Physician Who Was Concerned With Her Cognitive Impairment As A Result Of Head Injury Sustained In The Accident. He Believed That Music Would Help Her Brain Injury Improve As It Has Been Known To Show Remarkable Results In Improving People's Cognitive Ability After Such Trauma. Following Her Doctor's Suggestion Gardot Made Recordings Bedside While Still Unable To Walk And Eventually Released The Works As An EP Some Lessons The Bedroom Sessions 2005 . Gardot's Desire To Be Well Combined With A Bit Of Luck Brought Her To The Attention Of A Local Radio DJ At The AAA Station WXPN Known For Launching The Careers Of Artists Such As Amos Lee And Norah Jones . Her Cognitive Powers Slowly But Surely Became Pronounced Leading To The Independent Recording And Release Of Her Debut CD Worrisome Heart Which Was Reissued In 2007 By Verve Records. Gardot Is Hypersensitive To Light And Noise So Wears Dark Glasses She Also Uses A Cane To Walk. Onstage She Requires A Special Seating Unit And Wears A Transcutaneous Electro-Nerve Stimulator A TENS Device To Assist In Alleviating Her Neuralgic Muscle Pain. Though Touring Is Difficult She Has Been Performing In Major Cities On The East Coast Of The U.S. To Support Her Recordings. In 2009 Working With Producer Larry Klein And Arranger Vince Mendoza - Both Known For Their Work With Joni Mitchell - Gardot Followed Up Her Verve Debut With My One And Only Thrill. In 2012 She Released The Album The Absence. read less
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Published: 06 Jun 2015, 17:40
On Currency Of Man Gardot Takes On A Rootsier Sound Embracing West Coast Soul Funk Gospel And Pop From The Early '70s As The Backdrop For These Songs. It Is Not Only Different Musically But Lyrically. This Is A Less "personal" Record Its Songs Were Deeply Influenced By The People She Encountered In L.A. Many Of Them Street Denizens. She Tells Their Stories And Reflects On Themes Of Social Justice. It's Wide Angle. Produced By Larry Klein The Cast Includes Members Of Her Band Crack Session Players -- Guitarist Dean Parks Drummer Vinnie Colaiuta Larry Goldings The Waters Sisters Et Al. -- And Strings And Horns. The Title Track Is A Funky Blues With A Rumbling Bassline Dramatic Strings À La Motown And Fat Horns. Gardot Uses The Lens Of Sam Cooke To Testify To The Inevitability Of Change "We All Hopin’ For The Day That The Powers See Abdication And Run/Said It Gonna Come…." First Single "Preacherman" Is Similar Employing A Wrangling Smoldering Blues That Indicts Racism In The 20st Century By Referring To The Violent Death Of Emmett Till A Catalyst In The Then-Emergent Civil Rights Movement. A Driving B-3 Saxophone And Menacing Lead Guitar Ratchet Up The Tension To Explosive. A Gospel Chorus Mournfully Affirms Gardot's Vocal As A Harmonica Moans In The Background. "Morning Sun" And Closer "Once I Was Loved" Are Tender Ballads That Emerge From Simple Hymn-Like Themes And Quietly Resonant With Conviction. "Same To You" Evokes The Spirit Of Dusty Springfield Atop The Punchy Horns From Her Memphis Period Albeit With A West Coast Sheen. The Nylon-String Guitar In "Don't Misunderstand" Recalls Bill Withers' Earthy Funkiness. The Song's A Groover But It's Also A Warning To A Possessive Lover. "Don't Talk" Uses Spooky Polyrhythms À La Tom Waits As Brooding Spacy Slide Guitars B-3 And Backing Singers Slice Through Forbidding Blues Under Gardot's Voice. "If Ever I Recall Your Face" Is Jazzier A 21st Century Take On The Film Noir Ballad With Glorious Strings Arranged By Clément Ducol That Rise Above A Ghostly Piano. "Bad News" Simultaneously Looks Back At L.A.'s Central Avenue And Burlesque Scenes. It's A Jazz-Blues With A Sauntering Horn Section Snaky Electric Guitar And Squawking Saxophone Solo. Vocally Gardot Is Stronger Than Ever Here Her Instrument Is Bigger And Fuller Yet It Retains That Spectral Smokiness That Is Her Trademark. Currency Of Man Is A Further Step Away From The Lithe Winsome Pop-Jazz That Garnered Her Notice Initially And It's A Welcome One.