(08-01-2015, 12:01 AM)NUG Wrote: It's an incredible performance, on page 1 of youtube when I type in Haley Reinhart. Her jazz side is getting extra attention right now. Also, the other recordings you did, while special to us because we were waiting forever to hear this song from Haley, are not as clear visually, and IMO this is an extraordinary performance in comparison with the rest of her At Last performances. The sax solo, the beautiful atmosphere, her dancing, the audience appreciation added with Haley..it's sublime.
I think the sax sells the song, although I'm sure others factors figure in to the view count. The saxophone work was really well done. What impresses me the most is the fluid interplay between the sax and Haley's singing, which makes the song. In a number of the videos of Haley where there are solos, that fluidity is not there. Sometimes it feels like, er, paint by numbers -- plug in solo here. Consider Jacob's solo in GBAIGTY at the Troubadour. It was stop, Casey's done, now you're up. It felt appended to the song, not a part of it.
Overall, I am quite impressed with the musicianship of the No Vacancy Orchestra. Haley had never sang with them, and they had never accompanied her, but they got it done. I think the quality of the musicians in that band, along with Scott PMJ arrangements and the quality of the PMJ musicians show what good musical accompaniment can do for Haley.
