Mary Stallings - I Waited For You (1994)

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Title: I Waited For You
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Concord Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:00:35
Total Size: 139 mb | 329 mb
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Tracklist:

01. Mary Stallings - Where Or When
02. Mary Stallings - Love Dance
03. Mary Stallings - I Waited For You
04. Mary Stallings - Blues In My Heart
05. Mary Stallings - Dedicated To You
06. Mary Stallings - It's Crazy
07. Mary Stallings - Serenade In Blue
08. Mary Stallings - But Not For Me
09. Mary Stallings - I Wanna Be Loved
10. Mary Stallings - Only Trust Your Heart
11. Mary Stallings - T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

Mary Stallings joined Concord Jazz's roster with I Waited for You, an outstanding CD that posited the question, "Where has this fine singer been all this time?" Indeed, it was most regrettable that an artist of Stallings' caliber had done so little recording over the years when she should have been documented extensively. Carl Jefferson, the late founder of Concord, obviously felt that way, and he did right when he produced her Concord debut. Jefferson united Stallings with the quartet of pianist Gene Harris, whose earthy soul-jazz style complements Stallings' robust, Carmen McRae-influenced vocals beautifully on everything from the fast, exhilarating "It's Crazy" to the intimate ballad singing of "Serenade in Blue," "Dedicated to You," and Ivan Lins' "Love Dance." Harris described I Waited for You as Stallings' "coming-out party" it's too bad the party didn't take place until 1994.