Never Never Land (Jane Monheit album)

Never Never Land is the debut album by jazz singer Jane Monheit, recorded when she was 22 years old. At AllMusic, critic David Adler wrote that her voice on this album was "as close to flawless as a human can get". She was accompanied by jazz musicians Bucky Pizzarelli, Ron Carter, Hank Crawford, and Kenny Barron. The album includes cover versions of the standards "More Than You Know", "My Foolish Heart", and "Twisted".[1]

Never Never Land
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 9, 2000 (2000-05-09)
RecordedJanuary 13–14, 2000
GenreJazz, vocal jazz
Length46:15
LabelN-Coded
ProducerJoel Dorn, Carl Griffin
Jane Monheit chronology
Never Never Land Come Dream with Me

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Please Be Kind"Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn3:43
2."Detour Ahead"Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter6:30
3."More Than You Know"Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu3:04
4."Dindi"Antônio Carlos Jobim, Aloísio de Oliveira, Ray Gilbert4:52
5."Save Your Love for Me"Buddy Johnson5:21
6."Never Let Me Go"Ray Evans, Jay Livingston4:00
7."My Foolish Heart"Victor Young, Ned Washington4:32
8."I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster6:15
9."Twisted"Wardell Gray, Annie Ross4:01
10."Never Never Land"Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne3:57

[1]

Personnel

Production

  • Joel Dorn – producer
  • Carl Griffin – executive producer
  • Tom Shick – engineer, mixing
  • Todd Parker – assistant engineer
  • Gene Paul – mastering, mixing
  • David Berkman – arranger
  • Peter Eldridge – arranger[2]

References

  1. Adler, David R. "Never Never Land - Jane Monheit". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. "Never Never Land". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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