Reviews

Something Good

FREEHAM RECORDS 2010

The world is filled with two kinds of music: the good stuff, and everything else. The categories don't matter; the labels are irrelevant. It's the sound. Filipino-jazz-world-soul-pop-funk-blues: something good.

• 1. Every Single Moment
  (Razon/Konik)
• 2. Doodlin' in Taglish
  (Silver/Hendricks/Clamor)
• 3. Something Good
  (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
• 4. Feelin' Stevie
  (Konik)
• 5. Motherless Ili Ili
  (Traditional/Clamor)
• 6. Let's Take a Trip
  (David/Konik)
• 7. Flow
  (Razon/Konik)
• 8. Maalaala Mo Kaya
  (Guzman)
• 9. Ikaw
  (Velarde/Santiago)
• 10. Sweet Spot
  (Tozer/Winkler)
• 11. The Farther You Go
  (David/Konik)
• 12. Believe in Love
  (Redman/Brueggemann)
• 13. Bonus Track: Breakfast with Bubba
  (David/Konik)

"Combining social consciousness and sex appeal is tough to pull off, but Charmaine Clamor manages it on her terrific recordings. She is a beautiful artist." -- Barry Bassis, TOWN & COUNTRY

Reviews

My Harana: A Filipino Serenade

FREEHAM RECORDS 2008

Timeless Filipino courtship serenades sung in 8 different native languages and dialects.

• 1. Aking Bituin
• 2. Pakiusap
• 3. Mekeni King Siping Ku
• 4. Pamulinawen
• 5. Lahat Ng Araw
• 6. Minamahal, Sinasamba
• 7. Ay Kalisud
• 8. Malinac Lay Labi
• 9. Dungawin Mo Hirang
• 10. Matud Nila
• 11. Harana sa Dilim
• 12. Labis

"A dynamic new compass point in World Music." -- Christopher Loudon, JAZZ TIMES

Reviews

Flippin' Out

FREEHAM RECORDS 2007

A new kind of world music: soulful American jazz and blues meets traditional Filipino love songs. Jazzipino!

• 1. My Funny Brown Pinay
  (Rodgers/Hart/Clamor)
• 2. I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You
  (Noble)
• 3. Candy
  (Kramer/David/Whitney)
• 4. With Or Without You
  (Clayton/Evans/Hewson/Mullen)
• 5. Sugar In My Bowl
  (Simone)
• 6. Panahon Na/Hindi Kita Malimot
  (Clamor/Cenezal)
• 7. Usahay
  (Gonzales)
• 8. Minamahal Kita
  (Velarde)
• 9. Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan
  (San Pedro/Celerio)
• 10. Dahil Sa'yo
  (Velarde/Santiago)
• 11. I Need A Lot Of Love
  (Zaxariades)
• 12. Be My Love
  (Cahn/Brodsky/Clamor)

"This recording has an emotional depth missing from much contemporary vocal jazz. Clamor is the real deal." -- Bill Barton, CODA.

Reviews

Searching For The Soul

FREEHAM RECORDS 2005

Soulful jazz and blues vocals delivered with sultry expressiveness.

• 1. Come Sunday
  (Ellington)
• 2. My Romance
  (Rodgers/Hart)
• 3. Since I Fell For You
  (Johnson)
• 4. I'm In The Mood For Love
  (McHugh/Fields)
• 5. The Very Thought Of You/Tenderly
  (Noble/Gross & Lawrence)
• 6. Neither One Of Us
  (Weatherly)
• 7. It Don't Mean A Thing
  (Ellington)
• 8. I Live To Love You
  (Castro-Neves/Gilbert/Fiorini)
• 9. Remember
  (Zaxariades)
• 10. You And I
  (Zaxariades)
• 11. You'll Never Know
  (Gordon/Warren)
• 12. Please Send Me Someone To Love
  (Mayfield)
• 13. The Nearness Of You
  (Washington/Carmichael)

"Charmaine literally 'breathes love' into age-old standards. You feel the lyrics. She makes you want to be in love if you're not already." -- Jazz News

I Live to Love You

"Here Lies Love" (David Byrne / Fatboy Slim)

NONESUCH 2009

• 1. Walk Like A Woman

"Jazzipino" (Charmaine Clamor)

VIVA RECORDS 2009

• 1. Dahil Sa'Yo
• 2. Aking Butuin
• 3. Minamahal Kita
• 4. Lahat Ng Araw
• 5. Pamulinawen
• 6. Usahay
• 7. Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan
• 8. Pakiusap
• 9. Minamahal, Sinasamba
• 10. Matud Nila
• 11. Dungawin Mo Hirang
• 12. Ay Kalisud
• 13. Panahon Na/Hindi Kita Malimot
• 14. Harana sa Dilim
• 15. My Funny Brown Pinay (Bonus Cut)

"Coming True" (Mon David)

FREEHAM RECORDS 2009

• 1. Footprints
• 2. Invitation
• 3. Throw It Away
• 4. Only Once
• 5. Some Other Time
• 6. There Is No Greater Love
• 7. Moonlight
• 8. Moonlight Serenade
• 9. No More Blues
• 10. Kailangan 'Yan
• 11. Never Let Me Go

"Crescendo" (Crescendo)

DEVON RECORDS 2003

• 1. Night and Day
• 2. All of Me
• 3. My Romance
• 4. The Girl from Ipanema
• 5. In the Mood
• 6. Smile
• 7. That's All
• 8. I'm in the Mood For Love
• 9. Satin Doll
• 10. When I Fall In Love
• 11. Lullaby of Birdland
• 12. There Will Never Be Another You
• 13. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
• 14. Will You Still Be Mine
• 15. America, the Beautiful