Dee Dee Bridgewater - Keeping Tradition

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:19
Size: 128.9 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz, Standards
Year: 1993/2010
Art: Front

[2:53] 1. Just One Of Those Things
[4:03] 2. Fascinating Rhythm
[3:38] 3. The Island
[5:49] 4. Angel Eyes
[3:14] 5. What Is This Thing Called Love
[6:48] 6. Les Feuilles Mortes / Autumn Leaves
[4:05] 7. I'm A Fool To Want You / I Fall In Love Too Easily
[7:01] 8. Lullaby Of Birdland
[3:09] 9. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
[5:37] 10. Love Vibrations
[5:22] 11. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Around A Pug-Nosed Dream)
[4:35] 12. Sister Sadie

After performing a wide variety of music (much of it commercial) for 15 years, in the mid-'80s Dee Dee Bridgewater returned to jazz. The highly appealing vocalist, although still involved in theater work and other areas of music, has mostly recorded straight-ahead jazz ever since, carving out a niche for herself. This set with her regular French quartet has Bridgewater exploring and swinging some of her favorite standards. She makes such veteran songs as "Just One of Those Things," "What Is This Thing Called Love," "Autumn Leaves," and "Lullaby of Birdland" sound fresh and new. Bridgewater's next project would be a set of Horace Silver songs, and two of the pianist's originals ("Love Vibrations" and "Sister Sadie") are included and point toward the singer's future. This CD is highly recommended, as are all of Dee Dee Bridgewater's Verve recordings. ~Scott Yanow

Keeping Tradition

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