I'm not going to compare this to sliced bread but it is certainly musically digestible. Beaudoin has a pleasant voice with plenty of jazz inflections most notably when he takes off on some horn-like scatting supported by a trio of New York's finest.
It's a laid back sound with hints of Tormé and Chet. The intonation is spot on making for a relaxing 22 minutes of jazz vocal that can stand up with most other singers working on the same (sunny) side of the street.
Whereby lies the problem. There are still so many vocalists whose repertoire is umbilically tied to the GASbook, that infinite volume that a friend, who shall be nameless, once asked if it was available in paperback!, that they face an uphill battle.
Irrespective of how good a singer you are, and Beaudoin is that and more, the audience for classic songs such as these know them from way back by Sinatra, Ella, Bennett, Greco, Tormé, and so many more other greats, it's going to take an effort to win them over.
However, given the right promotion, some prestigious live gigs (which he already has in NYC where he is also a graduate student at The City College of NY and where he is set to receive his Masters in Jazz Performance in June of this year) plus some US/UK airplay Adam could well become, if not a superstar, at the very least a major player. Lance
The EP, I Hear a Rhapsody, is now available from the various online barrow boys such as Amazon, CDBaby and BANDCAMP.
I Hear a Rhapsody; You Don't Know What Love is; I'll Remember April; If You Could See me Now; It's You or no One.
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