Artist: Jonathan Poretz
Album: A Lot of Livin' to Do
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: ArtFlo Productions
Released: 2006
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- A Lot of Livin' to Do (Strouse-Adams) - 5:52
- My Time of Day/I've Never Been in Love Before (Loesser) - 5:59
- Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwartz-Harburg) - 5:16
- Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen-Mercer) - 4:24
- How Insensitive (Jobim-Gimbel-DeMoraes) - 3:50
- I'll Remember April (Raye-DePaul-Johnston) - 5:49
- It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers-Hart) - 5:29
- This Time the Dream's on Me (Arlen-Mercer) - 4:08
- On the Street Where You Live (Loewe-Lerner) - 3:33
- I See Your Face Before Me (Schwartz-Dietz) - 2:37
- Just One of Those Things (Porter) - 4:11
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A Lot of Livin' to Do introduces Jonathan Poretz, an impressive new crooner whose singing sometimes recalls Mel Tormé (particularly on the more up-tempo material) but is fresh and original within the genre. Poretz has an attractive voice, he swings, and he shows versatility on the high-quality standards. High points include "A Lot of Livin' to Do," "I'll Remember April" and "On the Street Where You Live." Poretz's backup group is very jazz-oriented and there are quite a few excellent solos from Noel Jeweks (on four different instruments) and pianist Lee Bloom. Overall, this is a very impressive effort.
Review by Scott Yanow