"At the Jazz Bakery appearance, Shaynee Rainbolt's charm and beautiful, warm voice captured the essence of Gina and Russell Garcia's lyrics and Russell Garcia's music. Accompanied by Garcia's Four Trombone ensemble, Rainbolt brought Garcia's masterful composing skills to life. It was an exhilarating evening, highlighting his career. A terrific collaboration!"
-- Bob Comden, LA Jazz Scene
Read the first Review for "Charmed Life" on Talkin' Broadway: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/september1108.html
" talent, charm, sheer magic - Rainbolt's got it."
~Time Out New York
“...If this were the '30s or '40s, she would be a household name fronting a big band in a slinky number......one of today’s bright lights who’s on her way to more recognition...†Backstage.com
"....Rainbolt's golden tone and interpretative intuition are undeniably seductive."
~Jazzwise Magazine (UK)
This sophisticated singer and consummate entertainer always brings to the stage honest interpretations and fresh arrangements that make you hear your favorite's from the Great American Songbook in a new way. From jazz to blues, pop to Broadway, Shaynee swings her eclectic musical sensibility into a night of entertainment that never fails to delight her growing legion of fans.
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Shaynee’s current project is groundbreaking: 100% Russell Garcia - Composed, Conducted and Arranged by the legend himself. As one of Jazz's foremost composer, conductor, arrangers, Russ Garcia has worked with everyone: Mel Torme, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Stan Kenton - just to name a few. His list of credits is too much to include here - but suffice it to say that in his 92 years, it is thrilling to finally see a vocal project consisting solely of his originals. Arranged for voice and his signature Four Trombone Band sound so popular in the 50's and 60's, here you will get 16 songs, most of which have never been recorded before (or not with a lyric) including one that Russ Garcia wrote for Shaynee – and for which she co-wrote the lyric - AND WON THE 2008 MAC AWARD FOR SONG OF THE YEAR!
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With two solo albums behind her – “From This Moment On†and “At Home†– Shaynee Rainbolt is a West Coast transplant. Shaynee moved to New York four years ago. Since planting roots in Manhattan, she has performed at Iridium, Jazz Standard, The Metropolitan Room, The River Room of Harlem and Charley O’s, and The Highline Ballroom. Before changing coasts, she was a staple on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Her West Coast Credits include: Yoshi's, The Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko, The Empire Plush Room, Jazz at Pearl’s, The Purple Onion, The Jazz Standard & Catalina Jazz Club. She also has taken the stage in New Orleans, London and other cities around the globe.
“The first thing that grabs you about Shaynee Rainbolt is her voice – a warm, rich, multi-hued sound that can range from the intimacy of a sensuous whisper in your ear to a sexy strut down Fifth Avenue,†says Don Heckman, jazz writer for the Los Angeles Times, who also penned the CD’s liner notes. “It’s a voice that one can imagine hearing from a ballroom bandstand, caressing a ballad, surrounded by the lush timbres of a swinging big band. It’s just as easy to conjure up a vivid audio image of Shaynee redefining the lyrics of a sophisticated Cole Porter trifle, wittily delivering the multi-layered whimsy of a sardonic Dave Frishberg line or arching her way through a thicket of Jon Hendricks vocalese. She is, in other words, a singer for all seasons, underscoring her constant musical eclecticism with the subtleties of jazz-inflected phrasing and a sumptuous tone.â€
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Shaynee Rainbolt SINGS Russ Garcia
Watch the Flyin' Free video featuring interview clips from Don Heckman's interview of Shaynee with Russ and Gina Garcia
RUSSELL GARCIA (http://www.myspace.com/russellgarcia)
Still working regularly in New Zealand and around the world, at 92, Garcia's life is far from the glamorous world of Hollywood. However, he has been active in every area of the entertainment world – from radio and television to theatrical films and recordings – since the late '40s. His early '60s scores for George Pal's "The Time Machine" and "Atlantis: the Lost Continent" virtually created the music template for the many science fiction films that followed. His jazz arranging and composing can be heard on recordings by Stan Kenton, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, as well as a classic version of "Porgy and Bess" featuring Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. When describing the orchestral sounds that emerged from the West Coast jazz scene during the '50s, the name Russell Garcia always comes to mind. Not only did he provide arrangements for many singers and instrumentalists, he recorded more than 60 albums under his own name. As if all that wasn't enough, his book, The Professional Arranger-Composer, has been a valued tool for both beginners and veterans since it was written in the mid-'40s.
Always an innovator, Russell Garcia is a living legend, and his music deserves to be heard by a new generation. His unexpected and groundbreaking Four-Trombone Band with famed brass players Frank Rosolino, Tommy Pederson, Maynard Ferguson and Herbie Harper led him to use this instrumentation to great success in collaborations with singers Frances Faye and Anita O'Day, and he now brings it back to us in this new collaboration with Shaynee Rainbolt. Having arranged for Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Mel Torme, Julie London, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Andy Williams, Judy Garland, Henry Mancini and numerous others, Russell has chosen to entrust his originals to Shaynee, one of today’s rising jazz singers.
For more information, visit www.shayneerainbolt.com.