Shirley Horn With Strings - Here's to Life

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:11
Size: 145,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:37)  1. Here's to Life
(7:27)  2. Come a Little Closer - Wild Is the Wind
(3:23)  3. How Am I to Know
(6:45)  4. A Time for Love
(4:36)  5. Where Do You Start
(3:32)  6. You're Nearer
(5:09)  7. Return to Paradise
(5:47)  8. Isn't It a Pity
(6:09)  9. Quietly There
(6:02) 10. If You Love Me
(7:38) 11. Summer (Estate)

Shirley Horn's meeting with a string section and an orchestra arranged by Johnny Mandel has some exquisite moments although sometimes it is just overly sweet. Horn recorded with her trio (which includes bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams) first, emphasizing slow ballads. Mandel used the pianist-vocalist's improvisations and chord voicings as the basis for his charts and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis took guest solos on "A Time for Love" and "Quietly There." 

Shirley Horn fans will love this CD (which includes such numbers as "Here's To Life," "How Am I To Know" and "If You Love Me") but no real surprises or contrast occurs. 

~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000072357

Personnel: Shirley Horn (vocals, piano); Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Charles Ables (bass instrument); Steve Williams (drums); Johnny Mandel.

Here's to Life

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