Katharine Whalen - Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad

Styles: Vocal, Retro Swing
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:14
Size: 88,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:40)  1. Deed I Do
(2:35)  2. No Greater Love
(2:53)  3. Sugar
(4:59)  4. Yesterdays
(3:20)  5. Just You, Just Me
(2:11)  6. Now or Never
(3:23)  7. My Old Flame
(2:54)  8. That Old Feeling
(3:02)  9. Badisma
(3:36) 10. All My Life
(3:46) 11. After You've Gone
(2:49) 12. My Baby Just Cares For Me

Singer and banjoist Katharine Whalen is one of the founding members of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, the North Carolina-based retro band whose joyful fusion of raw jump blues and hot jazz has been one of the most unlikely success stories of the 1990s. On her solo debut, Whalen steps out a bit (though not entirely) from the shadow of Billie Holiday, whose nasal, declamatory style has been a huge influence on Whalen from the beginning. She sings "'Deed I Do" and "There Is No Greater Love" in a somewhat warmer, sexier voice than usual; same with the finger-popping "That Old Feeling" (which, strangely, sounds like it was faded out halfway through the track). But she delivers "Yesterdays" with what almost sounds like a tribute to Holiday's delivery of the classic and controversial "Strange Fruit." The program ends with a strutting, ska-inflected version of "My Baby Just Cares for Me." Derivative or not, Whalen is a gifted chanteuse and a wonderful interpreter. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson  http://www.allmusic.com/album/katharine-whalens-jazz-squad-mw0000243941

Personnel: Katharine Whalen (vocals); James Mathus & His Knockdown Society (guitar, banjo); Mike Minguez (clarinet); Cecil Johnson (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Je Widenhouse (trumpet); John Kennedy (trombone); Robert Griffin (piano); Ted Zarras (drums).

Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad

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