The Songs of Alan Broadbent & Georgia Mancio
Physical and E-Books, and Individual Sheet Music for songs by pianist/composer Alan Broadbent and vocalist/lyricist Georgia Mancio. Available in Male and Female Keys.
“unique beauty and warmth … a ‘timeless standard’ identity redolent of, say, Cole Porter or Jerome Kern”
“These songs may not be standards now, but they will be soon enough. They’re that good … [Mancio’s] lyric-writing is sophisticated and sensitive beyond her years”
“This pairing of … lyrics and melody could hardly be improved upon: it is therefore unsurprising that comparisons are made with the classic songbook era”
“Alan Broadbent’s lucid melodies and Georgia Mancio’s delicately evocative lyrics already have that inseparable feeling”
“this was Rodgers and Hart, George and Ira, Berlin, Porter, Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields born again in a different century. It didn’t, it couldn’t, get any better than this”
“music of beauty and purity that takes the breath away … destined to be regarded as the classic songs of our time”
Jazz views
“Mancio’s heartfelt lyrics balance pithy, simple-profound sentiment with a discreet dexterity”
Mojo
“a distant aroma of Sondheim in their rhythm … Rodgers & Hart, and Joni Mitchell in their poetry”
Jazz Ese Ruido
- Book of 33 songs from albums A Story Left Untold, Quiet Is The Star, Songbook, and others with photos, song by song descriptions and bespoke artwork by Simon Manfield
- Physical book wire-bound to stay open
- E-book sent as downloadable PDF
- Available in either:
- Male Keys (162 pages with added solo piano accompaniment)
- Female Keys (94 pages presented as lead sheets)
- Individual sheet music also available in:
- Male Keys (with added solo piano accompaniment)
- Female Keys (presented as lead sheets)
Alan Broadbent: “Every once in a while, melodic inspirations would pop into my head uninvited, expressing my inner feelings with just notes and chords but without words. That is, until they met Georgia Mancio. She has the same love for song as I do and knows the language they need to speak to the heart. She also found, word for word, note for note, solutions to my sometimes enigmatic titles and gave life to the sentiment they implied.”
From wry political commentary (Same Old Moon) to the challenges of mid-life (Forever); moments of deep kinship (To Walk With You) to obsession (One For Bud); the beginning of life (Small Wonder) to the end of life (Lullaby for MM) and a seasonal song for our times whose depth eschews the usual tropes of Santa, snow and religion (That Time Of Year).
From the profound poetry of ballads, waltzes and bossa novas to the linguistic and melodic joy and gymnastics of bop and samba; through journeys and resting places, childhood and old age, community and solitude: their collection displays an astonishing conviction and consistency and has been praised and performed by global artists Sheila Jordan, Janis Siegel, Tierney Sutton, Claire Martin, Steve Tyrell, Judy Wexler, John Proulx and Norma Winstone.