Marilyn Scott - Avenues of Love

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:34
Size: 124,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:47)  1. Starting to Fall
(5:02)  2. I Like to Dance
(4:27)  3. Avenida Del Sol
(5:38)  4. The Look of Love
(5:54)  5. Heaven's Design
(4:30)  6. Love is  a Powerful Thing
(5:34)  7. Hold You Up
(6:16)  8. Hey Love
(5:45)  9. Get Home
(3:37) 10. The Last Day

A top-notch adult contemporary vocalist still awaiting a well-deserved crossover commercial breakthrough, Marilyn Scott adds powerful fuel to her cause on Avenues of Love by helping herself with a well-balanced array of production and songwriting talent. George Duke surrounds her with party voices and a kneejerking Latin groove on a playful list of dance steps on "I Like to Dance," then surrounds her clear, sensuous voice with airy, billowing synth cushioning on the Bacharach-David classic "The Look of Love." Scott and bassist Jimmy Haslip reroute to Memphis on Michael Ruff's Wilson Pickett-like pick me up, "Love Is a Powerful Thing," engaging a two-piece horn section that sounds even larger. The Yellowjacket touch is in full effect on the picturesque "Avenida del Sol," which approximates an update of the gentle Astrud Gilberto sound; the tune was written by Scott and Bob Mintzer, and produced by Scott, Haslip, and Russell Ferrante. Scott's greatest gift here is her sense of modulation; she belts like crazy on the funk pieces, but recognizes the emotional power of restraint on the ballads. ~ Jonathan Widran http://www.allmusic.com/album/avenues-of-love-mw0000034777

Personnel : Marilyn Scott (vocals); Ray Fuller, Michael Landau, Paul Jackson, Jr., Mike Miller (guitar); Steve Allen, Brandon Fields (saxophone); Ralph Rickert (trumpet); Bob Mintzer, Walt Fowler (horns); George Duke (piano, synthesizer, keyboards, bass); Michael Ruff (keyboards, background vocals); Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Jimmy Haslip, Fred D. Washington (bass); Joseph Heredia, Will Kennedy (drums); Rafael Padilla, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Take 6, Lori Perry, Sharon Perry, Carolyn Perry, Darlene Perry, Jim Gilstrap, Lynn Davis, Alvin Chea, David Thomas, Maxayne Lewis (background vocals).

Avenues of Love

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