★★★★★
Track Listing: I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch; C'est Si Bon; Oh, John; Let's Do It;
Peel Me a Grape; My Heart Belongs to Daddy; I Wanna Be Evil; Come On-a
My House; Santa Baby; Weekend. Personnel: Rene Marie: vocals; Wycliffe Gordon: trombone; Adrian Cunningham: tenor
saxophone, clarinet, flute; Etienne Charles: trumpet, percussion, Kevin
Bales: piano; Elias Bailey: bass; Quentin Baxter: drums, percussion. Record Label: Motema Music
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2013-12-05
★★★★★
Vocalist Rene Marie's seventh CD as a leader, Voice Of My Beautiful Country, borrows heavily from Americana as well as, what appears on almost every jazz vocalist's recording recently, a number of standards drawn from the wider rock world. The best part of the recording is how Marie proves there is great depth that can be mined from songs many of us grew up on...
- www.jazzreview.com
2012-03-06
★★★★★
René Marie doesn't care what this review says. She makes that clear right off the top in the title track, a nakedly bold career mission statement that dismisses the "blah-blah-blah of critics." But what everyone else needs to know is that Black Lace Freudian Slip cements Marie's place among the vocal elite. The voice is as stunning as always, her phrasing immaculate, her ability to pack emotional wallops equaled by very few...
- jazztimes.com
2012-01-12
★★★★★
Three years ago in Denver, René Marie ignited a firestorm of media attention when, invited to perform the national anthem at the mayor's State of the City address, she sang "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" to the music of "The Star-Spangled Banner." It was, Marie noted at the time, her way of celebrating her love of country while also acknowledging that, having been raised in the segregated South, her Americanism requires distinct expression...
- jazztimes.com
2011-05-23
★★★★★
Hang on world! A star is born in the jazz cosmos. Back from 20 years of inactivity is a 44-year-old singer from Roanoke, Virginia. René Marie has returned with a vengeance. This CD is really refreshing. Ms. Marie shows the influences of "Ella" and "Sarah" while making no attempt to imitate or cover the material of her idols. The set opens with an electrically charged performance of "What a Difference a Day Makes" aided by the great Mulgrew Miller...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
René Marie November 1, 2008 (First Set) Dazzle Nightclub Denver René Marie is a jazz singer, and one of the better ones in the business these days. She performs the standards and often does so in a straight ahead, straightforward but still unique manner. She's not content to exclusively reinterpret the jazz songbook, however...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Summary for the Busy Executive: The entertainer and the icon. Josephine Baker lived a fantastic, improbable life. From scratching and scrambling on the streets as an African-American child in St. Louis, she became a top entertainer in Paris and an emblem of the Jazz Age. Hemingway called her "the most sensational woman anyone ever saw." Although she made successful movies in France, including silents, her career centered on the stage revue...
- www.classical.net
2010-04-29
★★★★★
"Red! Leather! Spiked! High! Heels!" So begins the aptly titled Serene Renegade, the high-struttin', kickass, all-the-things-she-is latest from MaxJazz magician Rene Marie. This album righteously confirms the dynamic Virginia-born stylist's place alongside Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves and Patricia Barber at the forefront of contemporary female vocalists...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
What's the secret to making a great live recording? If it's a vocal album, there are three. Rule No.1: Leave in the patter and the clutter. For most of us, live albums provide our only chance to hear a singer outside the studio. We want to hear the jokes and stories that shape the bridges between songs. (If you need a blueprint, you can't do better than the Carnegie Hall recordings of Judy Garland, Tony Bennett or Shirley Bassey.) We want to hear real applause (sweetening is for sitcoms)...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
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