Peter Cincotti: East Of Angel Town

Elly Roberts reviews

Peter Cincotti: East Of Angel Town
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Warner Bros.Cover

  • October 2007
  • Rating: 8/10

Looking like genre stablemate Harry Connick Jr, Peter Cincotti breaks loose from his Jazz roots. At 24, he looks and sounds years older.

It’s a strange change of code for the New Yorker having built a massive reputationas a jazz singer pianist of great acclaim. Connick took some time to branch out,and never as early as this. This, his third, and first for Warner, sees himcollaborating with famed producer and multiple Grammy winner David Foster(Michael Buble, Josh Groban) and Foster’s regular handymen Humberto Gatica andJochem van der Saag. Lyrically he’s tied up with John Bettis (The Carpenters,Madonna).

Vocally, he’s better than Buble, but nowhere near as great as Connick, the master.Nevertheless, East Of Angel Town is a meritorious effort, with single GoodbyePhiladelphia getting substantial airplay.


Opener Angel Town still retains a jazzy element, wheras the single hasmore of a traditional American songbook feel of the Randy newman quality, where Cincotti shows some fine vocal skills. Things go strictly upbeaton the romping Be Careful, broken by delicate piano tinkling segued byfurther romping. A tale of love and loneliness in the Big Apple feature onCinderella Beautiful, dripping in melancholic lyrics and piano work. ABilly Joel-like power ballad, Make It Out Alive would do much to furtherenhance Cincotti’s commercial profile as a next single.

Further in, the smooth Man On A Mission is a belting urban jazz classicwith lush string arrangements and sublime sax breaks. Rounding off a classyalbum he closes with one of three self-penned songs, the beautifully constructedand divine ballad Country Life, showing he can write an excellent songwithout a partner.

File under: Tasty.

Weblinks:petercincotti.com /myspace.com/petercincotti /warnerbrosrecords.com


The full list of tracks included are :

1. Angel Town
2. Goodbye Philadelphia
3. Be Careful
4. Cinderella Beautiful
5. Make It Out Alive
6. December Boys
7. UBU
8. Another Falling Star
9. Broken Children
10. Man On A Mission
11. Always Watching You
12. Witch’s Brew
13. The Country Life

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