Esther Phillips - And I Love Him

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:33
Size: 76.8 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, Jazz vocals
Year: 1965/2005
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. And I Love Him
[2:23] 2. 'tis Autumn
[2:40] 3. Shangri-La
[2:48] 4. Moonglow Theme From Picnic
[2:46] 5. Out Of The Blue
[2:22] 6. People
[2:43] 7. Makin' Whoopee
[2:42] 8. The Girl From Ipanema
[2:55] 9. I Wish You Love
[3:27] 10. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
[2:57] 11. It's Too Soon To Know
[3:09] 12. Make Believe Dreams

A collection of "great love songs," And I Love Him! leads with the title track, a Beatles cover and an R&B hit, featuring a soft yet tremendously effective performance from the great Esther Phillips. Elsewhere Phillips wears her Dinah Washington influences well, stretching out her voice and exercising it with a sly, nuanced delivery while tackling a few excellent choices for material: "Shangri-La," "Out of the Blue," and "I Wish You Love." Surprisingly, she also exhibits a sure hand with some odd crossovers like "Moonglow & Theme From Picnic," "People," and "Girl From Ipanema." The arrangements, by Ralph Ellis, are definitely geared toward adult pop, but fortunately they're never so ostentatious that they get in the way of Phillips' idiosyncratic voice and gorgeous performances. ~John Bush

And I Love Him

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