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Isabel Rose) - “As overachievers go,
Isabel Rose makes Oprah look like a slacker” - JAZZTIMES
“She goes stiletto-to-stiletto with Ann-Margret”
“Her playlist is remarkably wide-ranging, extending from early Gershwin through Tin Pan Alley, postwar Broadway and �60s pop to post-disco power rock”
Notable Jazz and Broadway Outlets Show Early Support for Upcoming Album
Isabel Rose�s jazz/pop/swing/Cabaret hybrid �Swingin� From the Hip� won�t be released until this Fall, but the upbeat album has already generated notable support in recent weeks, via multiple appearances on radio legend Jonathan Schwartz�s Sirius/XM playlist as well as a glowing review in JazzTimes� Hearing Voices web column, by respected critic Christopher Loudon: https://jazztimes.com/articles/26306-isabel-rose-from-tin-pan-alley-to-power-rock
Rose is a singer/actress/author/Off-Broadway star with moxie reminiscent of multi-hyphenates such as Ann-Margret, Peggy Lee and Bette Midler. She has used grit and determination to get a film made and a book released (and then adapted the book into a successful Off-Broadway show!) Her debut CD is filled with sophisticated arrangements and an eclectic mix of songs - all details follow below. The album will be released digitally on September 14th and via Brick-and-Mortar on October 19th, to coincide with a Joe�s Pub CD release party/concert in New York City, on October 21st. In the weeks ahead, Rose�s CD will be available for pre-order via www.isabelrose.com , and she will perform an August 28th concert at RDV in Southampton to preview tracks from the album.
JAZZTIMES.com - HEARING VOICES
07/19/10 - By Christopher Loudon
Isabel Rose: From Tin Pan Alley to Power Rock
Christopher Loudon on the multi-faceted writer, actress and singer
As overachievers go, Isabel Rose makes Oprah look like a slacker. She is a published author, equally comfortable in the realms of fiction and non-fiction, an award-winning actress who has conquered stage and screens (big and small), a screenwriter whose 2003 hit film Anything But Love was deemed a “charmer” by the Los Angeles Times, and a playwright and composer who adapted her first novel, The J.A.P. Chronicles, into an off-Broadway musical that enjoyed an extended run in early 2006. If that weren�t enough, she also graduated summa cum laude from Yale.
Now the multi-hyphenated Rose adds vocalist to her list of accomplishments. The cover of her debut album, Swingin� From the Hip, cheekily recalls Ann-Margret back in her hip-twitching Bye Bye Birdie days. She also owes a stylistic debt to the young Ms. Olsson, but Rose�s purring sexiness is a jigger or two more mature, suggesting shades of Mary Ford and placing her squarely at the crossroads of jazz and cabaret (with a dash of Broadway power and pizzazz for good measure).
Understandably for someone of Rose�s myriad interests, her playlist is remarkably wide-ranging, extending from early Gershwin through Tin Pan Alley, postwar Broadway and �60s pop to post-disco power rock. She rides in on Esquivel-worthy waves, lifting “Aquarius” from its earthy Hair roots and sending it into a Starlight Express whirl. She then downshifts into a shimmering “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning” that ushers in a swirling, sun-dappled “It�s A Lovely Day Today.” Her Broadway invasion continues with Rogers and Hammerstein�s “I Enjoy Being A Girl,” performing it straight (well, as straight as that indelibly campy tune can be performed) for the first 90 seconds or so, then gradually turning up the heat until it reaches the fevered pitch of an erotic striptease. On “Temptation,” Rose harkens back to the golden days of Patti Page (and Mary Ford) when triple-tracked vocals were all the rage, creating sizzling, country-tinged harmonies that seem equal parts McGuire Sisters and Bangles.
Next, another sharp left turn as Rose transforms, with surprising success, Pat Benatar�s take-no-prisoners anthem “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” into a sultry ballad. The calliope lilt of her “Haven�t Me Met” strongly hints at Kenny Rankin�s delightfully lithe version. “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” less dramatically impassioned that the Mel Carter original, is frothily reinvented as a girl group finger-snapper, and Dusty Springfield�s greased-lightening “I Only Want to Be With You” is effectively slowed to a hymn-like pace.
Rose�s “Boy Wanted” can�t compare to Ella�s deliciously sweet, cashmere-cuddly treatment, crafted by Nelson Riddle for her incomparable, 1959 The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, but her reading is engagingly effervescent. Ditto her buoyant “On the Street Where You Live.” She goes stiletto-to-stiletto with Ann-Margret on the bizarre, post-apocalyptic fantasy “Thirteen Men,” a long-ago staple of the Swedish sex kitten�s Vegas shows.
Rose�s jazz chops are most evident throughout a high-spirited, loosen-all-the-stays “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” but are near-equally strong on the playfully sensuous “The Best Is Yet to Come” that closes the album.
With its mishmash of styles, eras and genres, Swingin� From the Hip does cast Rose as a rather chameleon-esque musical figure. Best to think of it as vibrant sampler, filled with delectably bite-sized jazz, pop, Broadway and cabaret nuggets.
Check out the full article, here:
https://jazztimes.com/articles/26306-isabel-rose-from-tin-pan-alley-to-power-rock
MORE ABOUT ISABEL ROSE:
Isabel Rose has moxie-the kind that made multi-hyphenates such as Ann-Margret, Peggy Lee and Bette Midler so appealing in years past. Rose�s never-say-never attitude has carried her through many an odd challenge over the course of her fascinating career. Whether writing and starring in a major motion picture released by Samuel Goldwyn, getting a mega-deal from Doubleday for her debut novel, or composing and starring in an Off-Broadway musical adaptation of that novel, she�s always found a way to make big things happen. Already praised by critics as a writer and actress, she achieves the hat trick with Swingin� from the Hip, her debut CD.
Listeners will find their days brightened by Rose�s inspired song selection-a jazz/pop/swing/Cabaret hybrid that includes a smoking version of Hit Me With Your Best Shot and a thrilling Aquarius. Such classics as I Enjoy Being A Girl and Ac-cen-tu-ate the Positive take on a refreshing sex appeal, while Rose�s sultry I Only Wanna Be With You and her twangy Temptation recall Patsy Cline or Peggy Lee.
A natural performer, Rose has been praised as “vibrant” by Time Out New York and “Impressive” by The New York Times. Her recent show at Joe�s Pub (5/10) sold out three weeks in advance.
Produced by Julian Fleisher, himself a popular figure in the New York nightclub scene, with arrangements by Jeff Klitz, Swingin� from the Hip is a cohesive and kicky collection that will take you by surprise and keep you smiling.
Track listing: Aquarius; Lovely Day; I Enjoy Being A Girl; Temptation; Hit Me With Your Best Shot; Haven�t We Met; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me; I Only Wanna Be With You; Boy Wanted; On The Street Where You Live; Thirteen Men; Ac-cent-tchu- ate the Positive; The Best Is Yet To Come.
A U.S. tour will be announced soon.
Learn the story behind the album title at www.isabelrose.com
