Freddy Cole - Love Makes the Changes

Styles: Vocal, Piano Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:39
Size: 128,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:35)  1. Love Makes the Changes
(5:59)  2. On My Way to You
(5:31)  3. Wonder Why
(5:42)  4. The Right to Love
(6:19)  5. Alone With My Thoughts of You
(4:36)  6. A Sinner Kissed An Angel
(5:42)  7. Brother, Where Are You?
(4:01)  8. Do You Know Why?
(6:09)  9. Just the Way You Are
(6:02) 10. Like a Quiet Storm

When jazz vocalist Freddy Cole sings, it's with a built-in groove that's unshakeable, with warm, honeyed tones that wrap the lyrics in velvet and set them down firmly in the pocket. Cole has one great little album here; if you thought it was impossible to produce a modern-day jazz vocal album that's not infused with endless oodles-of-noodles riffing that shows you nothing except the ability of the vocalist to sing everything but the melody, be prepared for greatness. With a small combo led by pianist Cedar Walton and tenor saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., Cole has a backdrop that never gets in the way of his magic nor does anything that doesn't help the song. Timber-wise, he owes a lot of his phrasing to his older brother, Nat "King" Cole, and Francis Albert Sinatra, but Freddy ultimately remains his own man and that's what makes this album such a success. Ten or 12 stars, at least. ~ Cub Koda   http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-makes-the-changes-mw0000038669

Personnel: Freddy Cole (vocals, piano); Grover Washington, Jr. (soprano & tenor saxophones); Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone); Cedar Walton (piano); Hiram Bullock (guitar); George Mraz, Will Lee, David Williams (bass); Ben Riley, Kenny Washington (drums).

Love Makes the Changes

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