Pentimento (2002)

About this title: According to Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary, pentimento is defined as "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been painted over." Musical theater star performer Jessica Molaskey's album of the same name gives a jazzy musical twist to this definition by updating songs from the 1920s and '30s. The play list is made up of those wonderful songs that people were enjoying during the pre-Depression flapper and Depression eras. Often their lyrics reflected the social and economic mores of the time, such as "We're in the Money"; others are just lovely ... read more

Tracks:

1. Oh, You Beautiful Doll [Ayer/Brown]
2. I'm Just Wild About Harry [Blake/Sissle]
3. Ain't We Got Fun? [Whiting/Kahn/Egan]
4. What'll I Do? [Berlin]
5. With Plenty of Money and You/We're in the Money [Warren/Dubin]
6. Waiting for the Train to Come In [Skylar/Block]
7. Red, Red Robin [Woods]
8. By the Beautiful Sea [Carroll/Atteridge]
9. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows [Carroll/McCarthy]
10. Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning [Berlin]
11. You Made Me Love You [Monaco/McCarthy]
12. I Tried Too Hard for Too Long [Pizzarelli/Molaskey]
13. When I Lost You [Berlin]
14. Look for the Silver Lining [DeSylva/Kern]
15. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [McHugh/Fields]
16. Beautiful Dreamer [Foster]
17. Sail Away [Pizzarelli/Molaskey]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.