With Randy Newman’s long-awaited Songbook Vol. 2 (Nonesuch, 2011) and vocalist Roseanna Vitro’s album-length salute to his music hitting stores a week apart, it would seem that it’s time for revived interest in all things Newman. While the singer/songwriter’s release is a solo journey through his own catalog, Vitro’s album presents ten of his pieces dressed in newly tailored arrangements from pianist Mark Soskin.Vitro touches on material from throughout Newman’s storied career, but she tends to avoid the music that highlights his wry sense of humor and intentionally smarmy delivery in favor of narratives of all shapes and sizes. Some pieces receive radical facelifts (“Last Night I Had A Dream”) that brighten up the music and change the overall impression of the work, while others retain their original essence and are simply tweaked to fit this ensemble and genre of music (“Sail Away”).Violinist Sara Caswell is, with the exception of Soskin and Vitro herself, the most important part of this package. She crafts elegant lines (“Sail Away”), sizzles over some Brazilian beats (“If I Didn’t Have You”), marries sweeping gestures of sound with sadness and sunshine (“Losing You”), provides understated counterpoint, and helps to define the overall ensemble sound on this record.