Juliet Kelly
Delicious Chemistry
© 2005 Juliet Kelly (634479155383)
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Mouthwateringly sensual, laid-back vocal jazz
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- 1 Secret
- 2 Delicious Chemistry
- 3 I Wish You Love
- 4 Unicorn Dream
- 5 Alone Again
- 6 Behind Her Smile
- 7 Parallel Universe
- 8 Searching For Clues
- 9 Letting You Go
- 10 Guardian Angel
- 11 Black Rose
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Hotly tipped by critics as "one to watch", Juliet's debut album attracted widespread critical acclaim from jazz professionals both in her native UK and in the US as well as enthusiastic responses from audiences on her UK tours.
APHRODITE'S CHILD, recorded in 2003, featured her own highly accessible compositions which ranged from toe-tapping grooves to breathtakingly beautiful ballads and garnered excellent reviews and radio airplay both nationally and internationally.
With a sound that has been likened to Sade, Norah Jones and Cassandra Wilson, her songwriting ability has also been widely praised and she took honours in the jazz category of the 2004 International Songwriting Competition.
Juliet's second album, DELICIOUS CHEMISTRY, is a collection of original songs that further showcases her talents for writing laid-back, accessible jazz. It includes guest appearances from some of the finest musicians on the British jazz scene including award-winning saxophonist, Courtney Pine OBE. Returning the favour, Juliet also appears as a guest artist on Courtney Pine's latest recording, RESISTANCE.
In February 2005, Juliet performed with Courtney Pine in a live broadcast for the BBC's Jazz Britannia season at the Barbican - a series of programmes documenting the history of UK Jazz for the last 50 years. This was followed by two successful sell-out concerts in Russia and her debut US performance that took place at Sweet Rhythm jazz club (formerly the legendary Sweet Basil's) in New York in March of the same year.
"A young Londoner with film star looks, Juliet Kelly serves up a good first recording that begs for listening by adherents of jazz and pop-jazz." DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (US)
"[one of] the UK's finest female jazz stars" JAZZWISE (UK)
"...a real jazz sensibility, depth in the writing, a band that doesn't mind stretching out and a little intensity; rare and welcome weapons in today's jazz vocalists' often limited armoury." JAZZ AT RONNIE SCOTT'S MAGAZINE (UK)
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Exceptionally Beautiful!
author: Jazzwise MagazineWhere Aphrodite's Child, Juliet Kelly's powerful and eloquent debut recording, bravely limited itself to just a brace of covers, Delicious Chemistry goes even further. All 11 songs emanate from the singer's pen, and why not? As Kelly has stated previously in these pages, jazz offers an inordinate amount of creative freedom and almost limitless expressive possibilities, and it doesn't get more intensely expressive than writing and singing your own songs. From the loping groove of the album opener "Secret" to the concluding emotive tribute to Nina Simone, "Black Rose", Kelly's songwriting explores inner visions and outer appearances through some exceptionally beautiful musical journeys. The album's high-water marks include the stripped down guitar/vocal of "I Wish You Love", the haunting chorus of "Unicorn Dream", the skewed internal monologue of "Alone Again" and the Janis Ian-esque "Behind Her Smile". The subtle colours and varied palette provided by guest musicians such as Courtney Pine and Byron Wallen display a complete understanding of the singer's very particular artistic sensibility.
...restrained instrumentation, intelligent arrangement and superbly controlled v
author: BBC MusicSecond albums can be a disappointment. Too often an artist's best ideas evaporate after their first record, but that's not the case here. Londoner Juliet Kelly's second album proves that she's on an upward curve as a singer/songwriter. Like most long-loved albums Delicious Chemistry demands repeated listening before you're hooked, but then you'll want to play it to everyone you know. In Delicious Chemistry the elements of restrained instrumentation, intelligent arrangement and superbly controlled vocals come together into a powerful compound. File under 'self-development soul/jazz' and give a copy to a friend in need.