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Elly Roberts reviews

Peter Cincotti: East Of Angel Town

Distributed by
Warner Bros.

October 2007

Rating: 8/10

Looking like genre stablemate Harry Connick Jr, Peter Cincotti breaks loose from his Jazz roots. At 24, he looks and sounds years older.

It’s a strange change of code for the New Yorker having built a massive reputation as a jazz singer pianist of great acclaim. Connick took some time to branch out, and never as early as this. This, his third, and first for Warner, sees him collaborating with famed producer and multiple Grammy winner David Foster (Michael Buble, Josh Groban) and Foster’s regular handymen Humberto Gatica and Jochem van der Saag. Lyrically he’s tied up with John Bettis (The Carpenters, Madonna).

Vocally, he’s better than Buble, but nowhere near as great as Connick, the master. Nevertheless, East Of Angel Town is a meritorious effort, with single Goodbye Philadelphia getting substantial airplay.

Opener Angel Town still retains a jazzy element, wheras the single has more of a traditional American songbook feel of the Randy newman quality, where Cincotti shows some fine vocal skills. Things go strictly upbeat on the romping Be Careful, broken by delicate piano tinkling segued by further romping. A tale of love and loneliness in the Big Apple feature on Cinderella Beautiful, dripping in melancholic lyrics and piano work. A Billy Joel-like power ballad, Make It Out Alive would do much to further enhance Cincotti’s commercial profile as a next single.

Further in, the smooth Man On A Mission is a belting urban jazz classic with lush string arrangements and sublime sax breaks. Rounding off a classy album he closes with one of three self-penned songs, the beautifully constructed and divine ballad Country Life, showing he can write an excellent song without a partner.

File under: Tasty.

Weblinks: petercincotti.com / myspace.com/petercincotti / warnerbrosrecords.com

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The full list of tracks included are :

1. Angel Town 2. Goodbye Philadelphia 3. Be Careful 4. Cinderella Beautiful 5. Make It Out Alive 6. December Boys 7. UBU 8. Another Falling Star 9. Broken Children 10. Man On A Mission 11. Always Watching You 12. Witch’s Brew 13. The Country Life

Review & concert pics copyright © Elly Roberts, 2004-2008. For prints of any of Elly's concert pics online, email Elly or call 07765 862017.

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