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Rondi Charleston
Love Letters
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. The Very Thought Of You
2. It Had To Be You
3. I've Got You Under My Skin
4. Love Letters
5. Please, Mr. Postman
6. On A Slow Boat To China
7. So In Love
8. My Love Is A Wanderer/Where Do I Go From Here?
9. End Of A Love Affair
10. Where Do I Start?
11. The Room Is Filled With You
12. Time After Time
13. P.S. I Love You

CD Details

All Artists: Rondi Charleston
Title: Love Letters
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lml Music
Release Date: 10/23/2001
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Oldies, Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 711788013129

Synopsis

Album Description

Rondi Charleston has been making a splash on the East Coast jazz scene with her cool and eclectic take on jazz/pop standards which have been assembled here on her LML debut release LOVE LETTERS. A mix of sensual vocals and smooth arrangements by musical director Christopher Marlowe, LOVE LETTERS offers a more refined version of jazz injected pop in the songs ?The Very Thought Of You? and ?Time After Time?. Backstage says Rondi is, "One of those discoveries that critics love." NPR says her music, "weaves a tapestry of heartache and love that touches all who share these wondrous human experiences." Rondi Charleston, a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard Conservatory has won several vocal competitions around the country including the American Music Contest and was the recipient of the Victor Herbert award from Juilliard.

CD Reviews

Heartfelt singing

groucho | Chapel Hill, NC, USA | 11/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There are singers who sing for the sake of showing their range and their vocal virtuosity, while another group of singers who may not be vocally equipped opt for the musical storytelling route. Rondi Charleston possesses the range necessary to dazzle and the ability to make us pay attention to the lyrics. And she can tell a story through the songs she used to re-introduce the listeners to a familiar song's narrative with her tonally rich instrument. In her version of "Time After Time" and "Where Do You Start?", there is an urgency in her voice that makes the songs highly engaging. In "So In Love" she manages to sound like someone deeply in love and for the first time that it is almost heartbreaking to hear -- both for the lyrical beauty and the fragility that she imbued the song.

Do yourself a favor and get "Love Letters" and enjoy the supreme artistry of an artist certainly deserving wider recognition."