Taking a Chance on Love | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 7, 2004 | |||
Recorded | March 13, 2004–May 10, 2004 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, pop standards | |||
Label | Sony Classical | |||
Producer | Peter Asher, Al Schmitt | |||
Jane Monheit chronology | ||||
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Singles from Taking a Chance on Love | ||||
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Source | Rating |
USA Today | [1] |
People | [2] |
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | [3] |
Down Beat | [4] |
All About Jazz Italy | [5] |
Allmusic | [6] |
Los Angeles Daily News | [7] |
JazzTimes | (favorable) [8] |
Jazz Now | (favorable) [9] |
Seattle Weekly | (favorable) [10] |
Taking a Chance on Love is an album by American jazz singer Jane Monheit that includes cover versions of standards and songs from musicals. The album was released on September 7, 2004, via Sony Classical label.
This was Monheit's fifth album and fourth studio album, her first album with Sony. [11] Taking a Chance on Love was her first collaboration with Grammy Award-winning producers Peter Asher and Al Schmitt. She sang on the album Session 55 by Les Brown, which Schmitt produced.
During the album's first week of release, it entered the pop chart on Billboard magazine and reached number one on the Traditional Jazz chart. The song "Dancing in the Dark" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. [12] [13]
Monheit recorded "Honeysuckle Rose" with Wynton Marsalis on the album In Full Swing by Mark O'Connor. The bonus track "Over the Rainbow" appeared on the soundtrack Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow . [11] [14] The bonus track "I Should Care" is from Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Season One, Vol. 2 (2006).
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Musical | Length |
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13. | "I Should Care" | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston | Thrill of a Romance (1945) | 3:42 |
14. | "I Wish I Were in Love Again" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Babes in Arms (1937) / Words and Music (1948) | 2:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Musical | Length |
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9. | "I Should Care" | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston | Thrill of a Romance (1945) | 3:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Musical | Length |
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9. | "I Should Care" | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston | Thrill of a Romance (1945) | 3:42 |
13. | "I Wish I Were in Love Again" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Babes in Arms (1937) / Words and Music (1948) | 2:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Musical | Length |
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9. | "I Should Care" | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston | Thrill of a Romance (1945) | 3:42 |
14. | "I Wish I Were in Love Again" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Babes in Arms (1937) / Words and Music (1948) | 2:54 |
A four-track EP and a two-track EP release of Monheit's album Taking a Chance on Love were released as limited editions in 2004. [15] [16]
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Year | Chart | Position |
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2004 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums [17] | 1 |
2004 | The Billboard 200 [17] | 94 |
2004 | Billboard Top Internet Albums [17] | 94 |
2004 | Portuguese Charts [18] | 13 |
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