Worrisome Heart

Melody Gardot has a soulful voice that combines with catchy tunes on this cd. It has become one of my favorites since buying. I have very eclectic taste in music, so I don't come at this cd as just a jazz fan. Take her as she is...she makes beautiful music.

I was amazed by this cd.Melody Gardot is amazing. Worrisome Heart the title track is just the tip of the iceberg.She reminds me of Karrin Alyson's Moanin track from In Blue but better.

Gardot has a great voice, the session musicians and the production are excellent, and the songs are well thought out. I only wish it had gone on longer. While she does fall into the Norah Jones-type vocal range, Gardot's voice has a more smoldering quality, and I vastly prefer it.

At least one reviewer has complained about the monothematic focus of the album, but many singer-songwriters do the same thing, especially--in my experience--female singer-songwriters. If you can handle an Amy Rigby album, you can certainly handle this. The songs aren't as whimsical, but more infectious.

There wasn't a single bad or even annoying track. I only regret how short the album is.

My fav tune so far is the title cut. Her voice is so beautiful. I love the mellow tone of this album. Very good Jazzy feal.

Look at most of the reviews below and you'll see that these are people who have no history of reviewing and are just record company sponsored raves. Blue Note does this with their records to generate sales on Amazon. It's a dishonest thing to do.

Now about this record. Melody Gardot is simply too young and inexperienced to be a good jazz writer or singer. This CD has a very fifties vibe with some great sidemen trying to make this music compelling. But Melody Gardot's musical chops aren't at the level of the rest of the band. There are so many great vocalists out there today in jazz, all of them with a lot more mileage on them than 22 years. Give Ms. Gardot another 10 years and something might be there vocally. Right now, she doesn't have her own style.

Then there is the writing The melodies are stock. The lyrics are trite. In the future Ms. Gardot needs to stick to singing.

I understand that record companies feel the need to push young pretty faces to sell records. But time and time again, those pretty faces either don't have the chops or the life experience to play jazz well. And as for putting up tens of phony reviews to sell records, that's just not cool.