Music : Time After Time
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0010058212829
Label: RCA Victor
Manufacturer: RCA Victor
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA Victor
Release Date: May 09, 1995
Sales Rank: 11878
Studio: RCA Victor
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I bought the CD for a friend but downloaded a copy - minus a few tracks - from iTunes. I first heard Etta's version of My Funny Valentine in the middle of a restless night. I've never heard anything quite like Etta's voice. I'm at a loss for words but Etta's interpretation of these jazz standards blow me away every time I listen to them.
It may not be for you if you're into her edgier blues style. I find this the flavor of this CD stands apart as unique in her discography with an after hours jazz club feel. Etta's interpretive skill and abilty to dig in and own a tune are amazing. Some voices suffer as they age. Etta's only getting better. A bucketload of soul.
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Music to enjoy in any circumstance. She has such a sweet voice I'm glad I took the time to find this CD.
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Loved this CD. And her version of "Don't Go To Strangers" for my money is even better than that of Etta Jones.
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This and her Love Songs will do it better that "little blue pill"
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No one can deny Etta James's legendary status as a queen of the blues, and here, in this 1995 recording, she still wails with the best. Surrounded by extraordinary musicians--especially the brilliant Cedar Walton on piano and Eddie Harris and Herman Riley on tenor sax--she turns standards into big, bold, assertive statements, capitalizing on her lower register (much lower than when she was younger). Full of passion, she proclaims her songs, as much as she sings them, using volume and her somewhat harsh voice, instead of sweetness and subtlety, to convey her messages.
"Don't Go to Strangers" is her joke. Often confused with Etta Jones, she begins the CD with Jones's most famous song, giving it her own style and interpretation. Jo Stafford would never recognize what James does with "Teach Me Tonight," an R & B treatment that features one of Eddie Harris's great sax solos. "Fool That I Am," one of her best songs, includes an unusual accompaniment, almost completely limited to the flugelhorn of Ronnie Buttacavoli and guitar of Josh Sklair, who have terrific solos, and one can hear Etta in the background offering them encouragement.
The best song on the CD is "Willow Weep for Me," a stunning song which she begins a capella and sings as if she were one of the originators of old-time blues. Here she keeps the tempo slow, letting out all her emotion in pure blues style, the accompaniment kept simple and very much in the background.
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