Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:57
Size: 82,1 MB
Art: Front
(2:02) 1. Perdido Beach
(3:34) 2. Stars Fell on Ala
(3:59) 3. Skylark
(3:06) 4. Walkin' After Midnight
(3:42) 5. Crazy
(4:00) 6. Piano Man
(3:10) 7. No More Chasing Rainbows
(3:01) 8. Gold Tooth Blues
(2:51) 9. Tennessee Waltz
(3:57) 10. Wind Beneath My Wings
(1:30) 11. Perdido Beach (Reprise)
Perdido Beach
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:57
Size: 82,1 MB
Art: Front
(2:02) 1. Perdido Beach
(3:34) 2. Stars Fell on Ala
(3:59) 3. Skylark
(3:06) 4. Walkin' After Midnight
(3:42) 5. Crazy
(4:00) 6. Piano Man
(3:10) 7. No More Chasing Rainbows
(3:01) 8. Gold Tooth Blues
(2:51) 9. Tennessee Waltz
(3:57) 10. Wind Beneath My Wings
(1:30) 11. Perdido Beach (Reprise)
“Memphis vocalist Holly Shelton who divides her time between here and west Florida has a national pedigree in cabaret singing, acting and dancing. There’s nothing like coming home, however, and on the tasty platter “Back to Beale Street,” she touches on her jazzier side of the Mid-South’s (and her) musical roots. A smooth and expressive singer Shelton can pull off most any style, from the standard How High the Moon to Joni Mitchell’s great Furry Sings the Blues. And that allows plenty of range for a “jazz” record, where Shelton offers a jumping Hit That Jive, Jack! on one end of the spectrum and a chiffon-like bossa nova by Antonia Carlos Jobim on the other. The best track is also the most unexpected, a sophisticated reading of Mable John’s Stax classic Your Good Thing Is About to End that keeps the moody emotion of the original front and center. Ending the record with W.C Handly’s The Memphis Blues is a foregone (and appropriate) conclusion.
It helps that Shelton has accompaniment from such Bluff City pros as keyboardist Rene Koopman, bassist Tim Goodwin and drummer Donnie Patterson (dubbed the Backroom Boys here), plus cameos by saxophonist Jim Spake and Tom Clary on trumpet (the latter’s quotation of Beale Street Blues in Furry Sings the Blues is a keeper).” Bill Ellis, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
“Allow yourself abundant time to be enchanted in Holly’s magical web. (She) is a take-no-prisoners, all knowing interpreter of the standard song. Take it from me, Holly Shelton is a stupendously talented and tasteful vocalist that you never forget.” Dan Singer, IN TUNE INTERNATIONAL Magazine
“Holly’s something over six feet tall, and there isn’t a stage built that will contain her.” Bill Campbell, The Northwest Florida Daily News
“I think you’re a terrific singer, and your version of ‘(Peel Me A) Grape,’ is the best I’ve heard in a long time. Blossom would appreciate the way you handled her stuff, too.” Best wishes, Dave Frishberg
“Shelton has earned the label of ‘Jazz Singer,’ but could just as easily be called a pop singer, a bluesy torch singer, a cabaret singer, even a country singer, as her many fans will attest, she sings well in all these styles.” Thom Botsford, Jazz Eclectic, The Real Paper, Pensacola, Florida.
“Best Vocalist on the Gulf Coast.” Readers Poll, Pensacola News Journal, Gannett News Organization http://www.hollyshelton.com/reviews.html
It helps that Shelton has accompaniment from such Bluff City pros as keyboardist Rene Koopman, bassist Tim Goodwin and drummer Donnie Patterson (dubbed the Backroom Boys here), plus cameos by saxophonist Jim Spake and Tom Clary on trumpet (the latter’s quotation of Beale Street Blues in Furry Sings the Blues is a keeper).” Bill Ellis, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
“Allow yourself abundant time to be enchanted in Holly’s magical web. (She) is a take-no-prisoners, all knowing interpreter of the standard song. Take it from me, Holly Shelton is a stupendously talented and tasteful vocalist that you never forget.” Dan Singer, IN TUNE INTERNATIONAL Magazine
“Holly’s something over six feet tall, and there isn’t a stage built that will contain her.” Bill Campbell, The Northwest Florida Daily News
“I think you’re a terrific singer, and your version of ‘(Peel Me A) Grape,’ is the best I’ve heard in a long time. Blossom would appreciate the way you handled her stuff, too.” Best wishes, Dave Frishberg
“Shelton has earned the label of ‘Jazz Singer,’ but could just as easily be called a pop singer, a bluesy torch singer, a cabaret singer, even a country singer, as her many fans will attest, she sings well in all these styles.” Thom Botsford, Jazz Eclectic, The Real Paper, Pensacola, Florida.
“Best Vocalist on the Gulf Coast.” Readers Poll, Pensacola News Journal, Gannett News Organization http://www.hollyshelton.com/reviews.html
Perdido Beach
