VA - Quiet Now: Music For The Way You Feel (1999)

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Title: Quiet Now – Music For The Way You Feel
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Verve Forecast
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Bossa Nova
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log)
Total Time: 00:48:55
Total Size: 255 mb
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Album Notes
This is part of the Verve Records Quiet Now series.Despite the presence of outstanding jazz artists, the producers of this album apparently concluded that to create a "quiet" musical mood the music has to be "depressing." Some of the tunes on this compilation are downright maudlin, especially when included in a program of slow-tempo tunes with lyrics that don't exactly brim with optimism. Verve has collected samples from albums of five of their headline artists, Bill Evans, Shirley Horn, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joe Henderson, and Ella Fitzgerald. The originals were released over a period from 1952 to 1999. The Shirley Horn material is downright mawkish. On the other hand, Ella Fitzgerald demonstrates how to create a relaxing, quiet performance without it being bleak, and does it with two inherently sad songs "Lush Life" and "Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most." Another gem is "Corcovado," where Antonio Carlos Jobim is joined by fellow Brazilian Elis Regina on vocals. "Emily" is a Bill Evans duet with himself. There's always a risk when putting together these kinds of albums, made up of tunes taken out of context of the album which they were originally a part of. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. For this one, Verve got it right about half the time. ~ Dave Nathan

Tracklist:

01. Bill Evans - Quiet Now
02. Shirley Horn - Come A Little Closer / Wild Is The Wind
03. Joe Henderson - I Loves You, Porgy
04. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
05. Bill Evans - Emily
06. Ella Fitzgerald - Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
07. Joe Henderson - Happy Madness
08. Shirley Horn - Close Enough For Love
09. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved)
10. Ella Fitzgerald - Lush Life


VA - Quiet Now: Music For The Way You Feel (1999)


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