Juno Nominee 2012 - Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Diana Panton is being heralded as one of the brightest lights on the vocal jazz scene today. Her 3rd album, PINK, won the Silver Disc Award for Best Vocal Recording of 2010 in Japan’s prestigious Jazz Critique Magazine. Her sophomore release, IF THE MOON TURNS GREEN earned her a JUNO Award nomination. This album also secured a place for her among four vocalists selected worldwide to perform in France at Jazz à Juan Revelations, where she was voted Premiere Dauphine by the Juan public. Her debut recording, YESTERDAY PERHAPS made the top 10 Jazz Albums of the Year in NOW Magazine and the Montreal Mirror. Panton’s latest recording TO BRAZIL WITH LOVE is her most ambitious project to date. This tribute album to the samba and bossa nova music of Brazil showcases some of Canada and Brazil’s finest musicians. WholeNote Magazine proclaimed the album “a perfect jewel of a CD – each track is a perfectly manicured musical facet, set firmly in the Brazilian idiom and seamlessly sung in French and English by Panton. Her diaphanous vocal sound never insists and her high speed vibrato is like the beat of a hummingbird’s heart – natural, untainted and pure.” (Lesley Mitchell-Clarke). The fourth album from Canada's Rising Jazz Star!
Get ready for a musical treat! Diana's hot new bossa nova album,
"to Brazil with love", will hit stores in Canada in September. Wholenote Discoveries - November 2011
“To Brazil With Love” from vocalist/composer Diana Panton is a perfect jewel of a CD. Each delightful track is an exquisitely manicured musical facet, set firmly in the Brazilian idiom and seamlessly sung in French and English by Panton. Her diaphanous vocal sound never insists and her high speed vibrato is like the beat of a hummingbird’s heart – natural, untainted and pure. The Brazilian-infused material is an eclectic mix, including compositions from Panton, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Paul McCartney (check out the moving interpretation of And I Love Her/Him featuring Don Thompson on piano rendering chord changes that never entered McCartney’s mind). On the recording, Panton has cleverly surrounded herself with superb musicians – including multi-instrumentalist and producer Thompson on bass, piano and vibes. Guitarist Reg Schwager makes a stellar contribution with his exquisite solos, as does flautist Bill McBirnie. The rich, sonorous linear lines of Kiki Misumi’s cello also enhance the arrangements. Highlights include Panton’s Is it Really You, Samba Saravah (from the 1966 film A Man and a Woman, with authentic vocal and percussion from Maninho Costa), Jobim’s So Nice replete with a lovely, breezy vocal and a take on the 1963 Bobby Vee hit, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – demonstrating that Diana Paton certainly knows her way around a standard, Brazilian or otherwise. This is a stunning recording on all levels, and we should all look forward to more from the lovely Ms. Panton. Lesley Mitchell-Clarke
Price: $17.98
