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| Webpage: http://www.cynthiabasinet.com | ||||
| Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||||
| Description: Modern day crooner for a modern day. #1 hit, SANTA BABY | ||||
| Biography: Happy Holidays!
"Hurry down the chimney tonite..." This is the fourth release for Cynthia Basinet. The 10th Anniversary edition commemorates the 10 years since "Santa Baby" was originally recorded and contains an instrumental track to sing along. Sorry, IT'S NOT MARILYN singing "Santa Baby". She never recorded the song, nor was it Cynthia's intent. Pass it on. For the full story: www.cynthiabasinet.com/PRWeb-NoNotMarilyn.htm Reviews~ 5 stars rates francemp3.com Editor's pick - Allmusicguide.com "A voice to die for..." -thewireweb.com "The David Bowie of the jazz set." - jazzreview.com "... one of the most sultry.seductive voices around." -ARTISTdirect.com "A fabulous young woman with the most gorgeous voices... sultry and sexy, she's the best thing in jazz since the double bass." -m-of-s.co.uk/jazznblues Sultry crooner Cynthia Basinet makes excellent use of her impressive pipes on these lush, languid, and oh so lovely numbers... no matter how you choose to listen they're a gorgeous treat. -download.com "Now, we have Harry Connick Jr. and Cynthia Basinet, two of my favourites of new-age Jazz musicians. Music with a laid-back style, yet lilthe and precise with their expressions, my favourite." -jazz for anytime of the day, anywhere "Had vocalist, Cynthia Basinet been born seventy-eighty years ago, she might as well have been a household name. Well, the Jazz Age has come and gone, but Basinet has such a mesmerizing voice and such an alluring way with a love song that it's all but inconceivable her name won't be recognized in a fair mount of households before she's through." -Dave Reitzes of mPlode.com "Very talented vocalist making the transition from gauzy but tough Dream Pop to sophisticated, satin-draped jazz singing. The Fiona Apple-meets-Galaxie 500 rock material (featured on CD- "BLUED") also shows off Basinet's very real vocal gifts, but radio stations are picking up on her supper club take on standards. She retains Julie London's sexy aloofness, but truth be told, this young talent has a stronger set of pipes than the famed, whispering torch singer. "Haunted Heart" - a remake from the movie, "The Two Jakes" is a rarely performed standard but Basinet navigates its difficult changes easily. Her sassy "Santa Baby" would have had Dean Martin cocking his eyebrows, and her lovely reading of "Someone To Watch Over Me" cuts deep into the emotional core of the song. ...As it stands she could knock Michelle Pfeiffer off the top of the piano." -listen.com (now Rhapsody) | ||||
| Press Release: New York-October 18, 2009, "Actress and Singer, Cynthia Basinet Petitions United Nations" Actress and singer, Cynthia Basinet petitions the United Nations Sixty-fourth General Assembly Fourth Committee on behalf of issues facing the Western Sahara. From the UN official site: “CYNTHIA BASINET, singer and actress, said she was ‘but a small piece’ of the larger delegation returning year after year to plead the case that the Saharawi people were not only self-determined, but were also self-reliant in supporting freedom. Once again, the international community must be reminded of the reality that peaceful solutions must be rewarded and violence abolished. “She said that in this new century, the world faced another reality — the energy demands of an ever growing world — which must be addressed. Many of the new possibilities for a better reality could come to fruition, thanks to the efforts of solar energy, which was also in keeping with the Saharawi values. In addition solar power could also be used to clean water, charge cell phones and increase communication, and solar ovens could be built for less than, and with simple supplies. “The most urgent need for the Saharawi people was clean water, since their wells were currently closed due to health reasons and there was a so-called shortage in water tankers, as those were too expensive and few non-governmental organizations could supply them, she said. On the other hand, pumps could be chargeable by local power, they were affordable, and could be managed by local hands. In eradicating poverty, solar power was clearly the solution for off-the-grid communities like those of the Saharawi people.” Cynthia visited the W. Sahara in ‘01 in efforts to raise awareness for the Saharwian refugees living in self-determination. She was later nominated for a shared Nobel Peace Prize as part of the “1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe” in 2005. The singer is best known for “Santa Baby”. ### | ||||