Nnenna Freelon - Maiden Voyage (1998) CD-Rip

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Title: Maiden Voyage
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Concord Jazz
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:09:01
Total Size: 424 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Come Into My Life
02. Four Women
03. Maiden Voyage
04. Buy And Sell
05. Future News Blues
06. Until It's Time For You To Go
07. Women Be Wise
08. Sepia Wing
09. Pick Yourself Up
10. I Won't Dance
11. Inside A Silent Tear
12. Sing Me Down

Personnel:
Joe Beck, Guitar
Avishai Cohen, Bass
Sammy Figueroa, Percussion
Nnenna Freelo,n Producer, Vocals
Danny Gottlieb, Drums
Herbie Hancock, Piano
Jesse Levy, Cello
Bob Mintzer, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Soprano)
Dick Oatts, Sax (Soprano)
Clarence Penn, Drums
Dave Valentin, Flute
Peter Washington, Bass

Nnenna Freelon's fifth CD should establish her as one of the top jazz singers of the 1990s. Rather than stick to typical jazz standards, she explore women's songs (or at least lyrics) from many fields of music. Her compelling interpretation of the title track, with its infrequently heard lyric by Mrs. Herbie Hancock, is followed by a hypnotic original lyric written by Freelon for Marian McPartland's "Threnody," titled "Sepia Wing" in its vocal incarnation. One of the more unusual songs selected is folk singer Buffy Saint-Marie's "Until It's Time for You to Go"; Freelon drastically rearranged this tune by changing the melody line and adding an uptempo vamp, and Bob Mintzer's soprano sax accents are also a nice touch. The moody lament written by the late Laura Nyro, "Buy and Sell," is also an intriguing chart by the singer. Of course, she's no slouch with standard Broadway fare either, as her lively duet with guitarist Joe Beck proves.


Nnenna Freelon - Maiden Voyage (1998) CD-Rip