Deborah Brown - Jazz 4 Jazz

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:53
Size: 150.8 MB
Styles: Vocals, Standards
Year: 1988/1993/2000
Art: Front

[5:03] 1. Little Esther
[4:24] 2. Denise
[6:30] 3. Finally
[4:55] 4. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[8:05] 5. Embraceable You
[7:42] 6. Since I Fell For You
[7:31] 7. I Thought About You
[3:06] 8. My Romance
[3:26] 9. What Is This Thing Called Love
[5:08] 10. When We Were One
[2:53] 11. Bebop
[7:03] 12. When I Fall In Love

A pleasing and swinging singer who has not become famous in the United States despite her talents, Deborah Brown is in top form on this 1993 reissue of a set recorded in 1988 for the tiny Reaction label. Accompanied by a top-notch trio of American expatriates (pianist Horace Parlan, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer Ed Thigpen), Brown swings her way through such songs as "It Don't Mean a Thing," "I Thought About You," "My Romance," and Dizzy Gillespie's "Bebop." This CD starts out a little unusual with one song apiece by Parlan, Thigpen, and Mitchell, tunes that give Deborah Brown an opportunity to show how creative a singer she is, before she tackles the well-known standards. Happily, Brown has remained active in Europe into the 21st century. Recommended. ~Scott Yanow

Jazz 4 Jazz

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