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Carmen McRae - Fine and Melow

Posted By : zebrilhas | Date : 24 Jul 2007 03:42:00 | Comments : 2

Carmen McRae - Fine and Melow
December 1987 - Concord Jazz| Source: CD | APE+CUE+COVERS | RAR | 327 MB
Genre: Vocal | Style: Vocal Jazz

“"All the songs here are slow, relaxed, and mostly bluesy, with McRae using her voice as an instrument, close in timbre to Holloway's sax, as she varies her vocal strength from loud to soft, often ending with soft diminuendos. Most of the tracks are unusually long, with "One More Chance," the most upbeat and fastest track, lasting a "mere" 4.06 minutes, while all others are five minutes long or longer. Billie Holiday's composition, "Fine and Mellow," the title song, is an incredible 9:31 minutes long, as McRae shares the spotlight with the guitar, sax, organ, and a bowed bass."
Mary Whipple at amazon.com
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Carol Sloane - Sweet & Slow

Posted By : zebrilhas | Date : 23 Jul 2007 23:47:00 | Comments : 3

Carol Sloane - Sweet & Slow (jazz - vocal)
April, 19, 1993 - Concord Jazz | Source: CD | APE+CUE+COVERS | RAR | 334 MB

“"Her voice exudes all of the wonderful qualities that one would attribute to an attractive mature woman..... low-pitched, husky, with an incredible refined sex appeal. If you doubt this, listen to her killer version of the old Tommy Dorsey theme "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". Another favorite of mine is "An Older Man...etc". which, with her delivery, tends to make you feel better about the passing years (face it guys....none of us stays young forever). Actually, there isn't a bad track on the whole disk. Superb accompanyment by Stefan Scaggaiari on piano, the rest of the rhythm section being John Lockwood on bass and Colin Bailey on drums. Some nice embellishment is provided by the appearance of Frank Wess on 4 tracks, playing either tenor sax or flute. You have to try this one........actually, any of her Concord Jazz albums would be good choices. A wonderful songstress."
Customer review in Amazon.com
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