Yet another entry in the seemingly endless series of lifestyle-orientated "Jazz for..." albums released in the late '90s/early 2000s,
Jazz for a Lonely Heart
features ten bittersweat songs charged with yearning emotion. Some of performers, such as
Cindy Blackman
, perform their own compositions (
"Heaven Sent"
), but most of this album consists of covers, such as
Randy Johnston
's take on
Bacharach
/
David
's
"A Home Is Not a Home."
Overall, there isn't anything here worth getting too excited about. Most everything here is generally somber and perfect for those times when you feel like wallowing in melancholy. ~ Jason Birchmeier