Quiet Is The Star (Roomspin Records)
Georgia Mancio / Alan Broadbent
Released March 2020
Jazzwise Top 10 Releases of 2021
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About:
Quiet Is The Star is
the new album by vocalist/lyricist Georgia Mancio and Grammy-winning
pianist/composer Alan Broadbent and the much anticipated companion to their
2017 Songbook.
The album spotlights the purity and parity of the duo setting in 9 co-written songs
exploring the ties we weave in life: sisterly, maternal, romantic, universal.
One voice, one piano, one dialogue. Georgia’s deeply nuanced singing (“sublime,
clarity and poise personified, intimate yet dynamic”, Jazzwise) is embraced by
Alan’s rhapsodic solo piano, indicating the breadth of his musicianship, from
accompanist to Big Band/orchestral leader.
Recorded in late 2019, it re-unites with Songbook producer Andrew Cleyndert and
artist Simon Manfield, whose bespoke watercolours perfectly accompany the
subtle variations of mood.
The album is released alongside ‘The Songs Of Alan Broadbent & Georgia
Mancio’ – a book of 33 co-written works from both albums (‘Songbook’ and ‘Quiet
Is The Star’) and many more besides.
Track Listing:
1. I Can See You Passing By 04:34
2. When You’re Gone From Me 05:11
3. Let Me Whisper To Your Heart 04:44
4. Tell The River 05:19
5. All My Life 02:46
6. If I Think Of You 04:45
7. Night After Night 04:50
8. If My Heart Should Love Again 04:50
9. Quiet Is The Star 03:11
Personnel:
Georgia Mancio: voice and lyrics
Alan Broadbent: piano and music
Recorded in 2019 at Livingston Studos and 2020 at Braemar Heights
Produced by Georgia Mancio & Andrew Cleyndert
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Andrew Cleyndert
Artwork by Simon Manfield
Design by Rachel O’Reilly
Photography by Tatiana Gorilovsky
Review:
A follow-up to their outstanding Songbook album released in 2017, Quiet Is The Star presents a further nine beautifully crafted songs from the dream pairing of pianist/composer Alan Broadbent and vocalist/lyricist Georgia Mancio. Produced once again by Andrew Cleyndert, highlights include ‘When You’re Gone From Me’, a song that features music originally penned by Broadbent at the tender age of 16 which – over half a century later – takes on a new lease of life here courtesy of Mancio’s poignant lyrics…
Peter Quinn (Jazzwise)
