Showing posts with label Paul Humphrey. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Etta James - Time After Time

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:37
Size: 149,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:02) 1. Don't Go To Strangers
(5:03) 2. Teach Me Tonight
(4:31) 3. Love Is Here To Stay
(6:36) 4. The Nearnes Of You
(4:26) 5. Time After Time
(5:50) 6. My Funny Valentine
(6:55) 7. Imagination
(4:01) 8. Fool That I Am
(6:27) 9. Willow Weep For Me
(5:19) 10. Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool
(4:19) 11. Night And Day
(6:01) 12. Someone To Watch Over Me

Casual fans of Etta James most often thought of her as a blues singer, and she was, when that was what she wanted to do, but she also sang straight girl group pop, belted out R&B and soul tunes, and she also, when she chose, took herself uptown and sang jazz.

That's the case here, as James elegantly delivers her versions of vocal jazz standards like Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's "Time After Time" and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You," in front of a tight and fluid big band comprised of Josh Sklair (guitar), Eddie Harris and Herman Riley (tenor saxophone), Ronnie Buttacavoli (trumpet, flügelhorn), Kraig Kilby (trombone), Cedar Walton (piano), John Clayton (bass), Paul Humphrey (drums), and Donto Metto James (shakers). It's all graceful and uptown, and James' singing is hauntingly beautiful. By Steve Leggett
https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-after-time-mw0000175382

Personnel: Vocals – Etta James; Bass – John Clayton (tracks: all except 6); Drums – Paul Humphrey (tracks: all except 6); Flugelhorn – Ronnie Buttacavoli (tracks: 6, 7, 8, & 9); Guitar – Josh Sklair; Piano – Cedar Walton (tracks: all except 6); Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Harris (tracks: 2, 3, 5, & 12), Herman Riley (tracks: 4, 7, 9, 10, & 11); Trombone – Kraig Kilby (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, & 12)

Time After Time