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Make Someone Happy [Canada]
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Album: Make Someone Happy [Canada]
# Song Title   Time
1)    People Will Say We're in Love More Info... 0:03
2)    Something In The Air Between Us More Info... 0:04
3)    Rocket Love More Info... 0:04
4)    So Long, You Fool More Info... 0:03
5)    Matchmaker, Matchmaker More Info... 0:03
6)    Like Someone in Love More Info... 0:03
7)    Make Someone Happy More Info... 0:04
8)    (It's Not Easy) Bein' Green More Info... 0:04
9)    Reste (Stay) More Info... 0:03
10)    Fever More Info... 0:05
11)    Undun More Info... 0:03
12)    It Might As Well Be Spring More Info... 0:03
13)    Eli, Eli (A Walk to Caesearea) More Info... 0:03
 
Album: Make Someone Happy [Canada]
# Song Title   Time
1)    People Will Say We're in Love More Info... 0:03
2)    Something In The Air Between Us More Info... 0:04
3)    Rocket Love More Info... 0:04
4)    So Long, You Fool More Info... 0:03
5)    Matchmaker, Matchmaker More Info... 0:03
6)    Like Someone in Love More Info... 0:03
7)    Make Someone Happy More Info... 0:04
8)    (It's Not Easy) Bein' Green More Info... 0:04
9)    Reste (Stay) More Info... 0:03
10)    Fever More Info... 0:05
11)    Undun More Info... 0:03
12)    It Might As Well Be Spring More Info... 0:03
13)    Eli, Eli (A Walk to Caesearea) More Info... 0:03
 
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  • Personnel: Sophie Milman (vocals); Sophie Milman; Jenny Thompson (violin); John "Snakehips" Johnson (flute, bass clarinet); John Johnson (bass clarinet); Dennis Keldie (Hammond b-3 organ); Kieran Overs (bass guitar); John Fraboni (drums); Rob Piltch (guitar); Randy Bachman (electric guitar); Anne Lindsay (violin); Claudio Vena (viola); Jill Vitols (cello); Vern Dorge (alto flute); Gr‚goire Maret (harmonica); Cameron Wallis (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Guido Basso (flugelhorn); Paul Shrofel (piano); Alan Hetherington (percussion).
  • Recording information: The Canterbury Music Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Arrangers: Steven MacKinnon; Cameron Wallis; Paul Shrofel.
  • Sophie Milman exudes confidence on her second solo effort, though she draws material from a much wider range of music styles for this session. The singer is still a fine interpreter of standards and show tunes, offering a flirtatious "People Will Say We're in Love" as a solid opener and an imaginative setting of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" that showcases harmonica player Gregoire Maret and pianist Paul Shrofel. The addition of a droning opening vamp in "Fever" updates Peggy Lee's hit while keeping its hypnotic flavor intact. Arranger Cameron Wallis is added on tenor sax for Milman's torchy interpretation of "Make Someone Happy," while he wrote the bossa nova "Reste (Stay)" in which she negotiates the multilingual lyrics flawlessly. The singer swings like mad in Shrofel's playful "So Long, You Fool." Some of Milman's choices from pop don't work quite as well. Composer Randy Bachman is an added guest for his "Undun" (a hit for the Canadian rock band the Guess Who), though it sounds bogged down. A number of Stevie Wonder's songs have become favorites of jazz musicians, but "Rocket Fever" quickly becomes tiresome and never shakes its pop flavor. Sophie Milman deserves high praise for not playing it safe and taking some chances for this outing, which is warmly recommended. ~ Ken Dryden
Professional Reviews
JazzTimes (p.112) - "MIlman jumps to the front of the post-Krall pack of jazz singers who are as wise and witty as they are musically astute."
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