Artist.......: Diana Panton
Album........: If The Moon Turns Green
Label........: Independant
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jun-15-2008
str.date.....: Oct-03-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.dianapanton.com
track title time
01. Destination Moon 03:23
02. I'm Old Fashioned 03:19
03. It's Like Reaching for the Moon 02:45
04. If the Moon Turns Green 04:36
05. Reaching for the Moon 03:39
06. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars 05:10
07. Moonlight Serenade 04:55
08. There Ought To Be a Moonlight Saving Time 03:26
09. A Little Girl A Little Boy A Little Moon 03:27
10. Moon and Sand 03:45
11. I've Told Ev'ry Little Star 02:55
12. A Handful of Stars 03:30
13. Oh You Crazy Moon 03:51
14. So Many Stars 05:02
15. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) 04:27
16. Moon River 03:29
Runtime 61:39 min
Size 68,0 MB
Release Notes:
Diana Panton is being heralded as one of CanadaÆs
most promising jazz vocalists. Her aesthetic sense
has attracted the attention of some of the jazz
world's most respected masters. Panton has
performed with international jazz luminaries
including Peter Appleyard, Guido Basso, Mike
Murley, Phil Nimmons, Kenny Wheeler and was a
featured soloist with the Hamilton Philharmonic
Orchestra under the direction of Akido Endo.
Be it at jazz festivals in Vienne (France),
Freiburg (Germany), Montreux (Switzerland), or a
concert in her hometown of Hamilton, wherever
vocalist Diana Panton performs, she has a
mesmerizing effect on her audience. A quiet hush
descends over the room as listeners await little
masterpieces created before [their] very ears.(Hugh
Fraser, Hamilton Spectator)
When legendary Canadian multi-instrumentalist Don
Thompson first heard Panton sing at age 19, he
recommended she audition for the reputed jazz
workshop at the Banff Center for the Arts (Canada).
There, she studied under Norma Winstone (and in
subsequent visits, Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton)
While at Banff, she was invited to perform with
Thompson at the famed Blue Room. She really
knocked me out that night, Thompson said. She
was so young but she had a lot of depth and real
feeling. It surprised me right away. Following
that performance, Thompson told Panton to contact
him when she was ready to record an album. She
did some 10 years later!
Before recording her first album, Panton first
completed an honours masters degree in French
literature and fulfilled a teaching engagement at
the University of Paris (France), followed by a
position as a sessional lecturer at McMaster
University (Canada). She then completed a teaching
degree. During this time, she also produced and
performed a number of sold-out concerts with
emerging jazz prodigy, pianist David Braid.
When the time finally arrived to go into the
studio, national award-winning guitarist Reg
Schwager was invited to join Don Thompson for some
stellar accompaniment behind PantonÆs pure vocals.
The result: Panton was featured on the covers of
Toronto's NOW Magazine (Feb 2006) and Hamilton's
VIEW Magazine (July 2005). Her debut release
yesterday perhaps appeared on the Top 10 discs
of 2005 in TorontoÆs NOW Magazine, Earshot! and the
Montreal Mirror. In fact, reputed Montreal jazz
critic Len Dobbin called the album one of the
finest debut CDs he has heard in years.
The album was also nominated for four Hamilton
Music Awards for which it won ôBest Jazz Recording
and the publicly voted Best Live Performance for
the CD release concert. Recently, Diana has
performed sold-out concerts at the prestigious
All-Canadian Jazz Festival in Port Hope and the
Sound of Toronto Jazz Series tribute to Astrud
Gilberto and Stan Getz which was broadcasted on
JAZZ.FM 91.
Her much awaited sophomore release was recorded in
August of 2006 and will be released September 2007.
Of the new album, Len Dobbin has said, If you
enjoyed Ms. Panton's superb debut CD, wait till you
hear this one! Lots of obscure material, great
singing and perfect backing once again from Don
Thompson and Reg Schwager!