Jenny Scheinman - Jenny Scheinman
Sunday, June 1, 2008 16:56
“Even though she has released four instrumental albums, Jenny Scheinman is one of those names known mostly by aficionados who’ve checked out the credits on releases by Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams and others to whom she’s brought her distinctive violin work. Scheinman’s self-titled vocal debut should certainly up that name recognition. The 11-track set— released alongside a new instrumental outing, “Crossing the Field”—has an agreeable, “Look at everything I can do” quality, from her high and lonesome take on Bob Dylan’s arrangement of the traditional “I Was Young When I Left Home” to the restrained, jazzy look at Tom Waits’ “Johnsburg, Illinois.” The album may be a little too pure and stark to bring her a Jones-style crossover, but it should certainly make her more than just a support player.—Gary Graff”
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