Seasons of Love

by Lani Hall, Herb Alpert

Overview

Lani Hall's first solo album in over 20 years, 2022's Seasons of Love is a romantic and heartfelt production showcasing the youthful septuagenarian's warm voice and passion for interpreting pop and jazz classics. While the album is technically Hall's first proper solo recording since 1998's bossa nova-influenced Brasil Nativo, it again features contributions by her husband and longtime collaborator trumpeter/singer Herb Alpert. Together, the couple have enjoyed a later-career resurgence, collaborating on a string of covers- and standards-based albums, including 2009's Anything Goes, 2011's I Feel You, and 2013's Grammy-winning Steppin' Out. Co-produced by Hall and Alpert, Seasons of Love feels very much in keeping with those albums, featuring a mix of older and more contemporary songs that Hall has cherished over the years. Central is the title-track rendition of "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent, which Hall sings with a yearning passion, backed by sparkling piano and Alpert's lyrical trumpet accents. Equally engaging is their bossa nova-infused take on the Wynonna Judd song "You Are" and their contemporary jazz reworking of Bill Withers' classic "Lovely Day," which evokes the work of Sting. Hall also revisits several songs she recorded in past, putting new spins on Peter Cetera's "Happy Woman," which she originally covered on 1975's Hello, It's Me, and Bruce Roberts and Allee Willis' ballad "I Don't Want You to Go" from 1980's Blush, the latter of which she sings in Portuguese. Her love of Portuguese and Latin traditions goes as far back as her time with Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66, and she continues the tradition elsewhere on the album, including on her reading of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters of March," her voice lovingly framed Eduardo del Barrio's lush orchestration. With a career that stretches back over 50 years, Hall has plenty of musical and life experience to draw from and Seasons of Love feels like a joyful celebration of that life. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	04/22/2022
Label:	HERB ALPERT PRESENTS
UPC:	0814647022307

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lani Hall   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Herb Alpert   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet,Flugelhorn,Featured Artist
Bill Cantos   Piano,Strings,Keyboards,String Pads,Vocals (Background)
Mitchell Long   Guitar
Eduardo del Barrio   Piano
Rafael Padilla   Percussion
Andre De Santanna   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Randy Cook   Drums
Hussain Jiffry   Bass

Technical Credits

Bill Cantos   Arranger
Bill Withers   Composer
Lani Hall   Arranger,Producer
Ewan MacColl   Composer
Eduardo del Barrio   Orchestration
John Turner   Composer
Charlie Chaplin   Composer,Composer
George Harrison   Composer
Bobby Troup   Composer
Peter Cetera   Composer
Gordon Kennedy   Composer
Wynonna Judd   Composer
Bruce Roberts   Composer
Herb Alpert   Mixing,Arranger,Producer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Luis Angel Marquez   Translation
Jochem van der Saag   Mixing,Arranger,Producer,Mastering
Mike Bozzi   Mastering
Brian Porizek   Design,Art Direction
Dewey Nicks   Photography
Randy Alpert   Creative Art
Jonathan D. Larson   Composer
Obed Wayne Kirkpatrick, Jr.   Composer
Geoffrey Parsons   Composer
Allee Willis   Composer
Skip Scarborough   Composer