- Audio CD (Oct 5 2009)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Highnote
- ASIN: B00000C2J7
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. From This Moment On |
| 2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was |
| 3. Don't Explain |
| 4. Just One Of Those Things |
| 5. Where Are You? |
| 6. My Favorite Things |
| 7. Exactly Like You |
| 8. Ev'rything I Love |
| 9. How High The Moon |
| 10. Don't Take Your Love From Me |
| 11. Let's Do It |
| 12. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Vocalist Wesla Whitfield is blessed with a rich, full, bell-tone of a voice that hits each and every note perfectly in tune. On this 60-minute CD of jazz favorites, she uses her remarkable voice and clear enunciation to present the familiar lyrics in a highly accessible and musical manner. Staying true to the melody and expressively singing the words is Whitfield's forte. She seems less concerned with exploiting her pipes (no scatting or vocalistic acrobatics whatsoever) and more intent on just singing the song in an invitingly straightforward way. Her versions of "My Favorite Things" and "Don't Take Your Love from Me" are particularly striking. Special mention should certainly go to veteran sax man Gary Foster, whose fluid, Lee Konitz-like solos help maintain an authentic jazz feel amid the cabaret ambiance Whitfield so comfortably exudes. --Wally Shoup
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Standard of Reference
Jan 31 2004
Format:Audio CD
It's doubtful that any of Wesla's albums lives up to her own consistently high standards better than this one. Not only is she a paragon of good taste when it comes to selecting tunes but her pellucid, direct approach to melody and lyrics makes her interpretations of the American Songbook definitive and exemplary--suitable points of departure, in fact, for any young musician who may be unfamiliar with this classic material.
Take Cole Porter's "Everything I Love," for example. As personal, delicately harmonized, and ingeniously worded as it is, musicians often injure its uniqueness through overly fast or slow tempos or overly earnest or "flip" readings of the lyrics. Wesla hits it just right, not just with the tempo but the note of romantic parody on the word "everything" followed by a contrasting, utterly sincere declamation of the words "my haven in heaven above." If the performance falls just short of perfection, it's due to the fracturing of the moment caused by the arrangement--a key change followed by an instrumental solo and then, just when Wesla brings back the magic, a disappointing triple tag ending. Not that the support is sub-par. It's just that a vocal performance of this caliber tends to raise one's expectations of everything else on the date.
High standards indeed
Dec 10 2003
Format:Audio CD
Not many singers are worthy of that phrase "jazz diva", but Miss Whitfield is because she has such high standards, she delivers all of her songs(which are jazz standards), with thier original verses. She always is backed by tasteful small jazz combos as led by her husband/pianist/arranger Mike Grinsell, and she improvises lightly, and has a bell like clarity to her singing. She has a style all her own and perfect diction too, those who appriciate good caberet singers, or jazz singers will enjoy this fine set of particularly hugh standards.
Absolute perfection to the highest possible standard
Dec 2 2003
Format:Audio CD
This cd is wonderful in everyway.
Where do I begin?
Where do I begin?
1st of all Wesla Whitfield has a very romantic voice, she improvises but in very subtle ways. Her vocie is like a breath of fresh air on a bright spring day.
2nd her band which is basicly a trio, with her musical director/arranger/husband/pianist Mike Grinsell is a highlight. Who better than Wesla's hubby to create arrangements that fit her liek a glove.
3rd of all the songs selection in flawless, she mixes in standards and rarirties, and even makes the standards sound unique by singing the verses, that for nearly 50 years have been lest out of the songs(unless of couse they were being sung on broadway). Wesla brings out inner beauty in all of these romantic selection the way a caberet/jazz singer should. The band sounds jazzy and inspired behind her, and she sounds equally inspired by the band.
Lastly, this is a perfect cd in every way. I am sure you will love it. This is a great cd for romancin' so don't hesitate, buy one today.
Way to go Wesla
Tip: All of wesla's cd's are of this quality and she always works with the same groups(& never leaves out the verses to songs), so if you like this, chances are you can't go wrong with any Wesla cd. Though her latest ones are jazzier, they are all good.
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This has got to be one of the best cabaret cd's avaialble on
This has got to be one of the best cd's of caberet singers, Wesla is more of a caberet singer than a jazz singer although, her band is trisctly jazz, she usually sings pretty... Read more
Published on Nov 30 2003 by Sally Reynolds
This is so romantic...
I'm in love wit hthese arrangements by Mike Grinsell, he really knows how to keep Wesla Whitfield o nher toes, so she keeps growing as an adventurous jazz/cabaret singer. Read more
Published on Nov 30 2003 by Phillip Scott
I have to say Mike Grinsell's arrangements fit Wesla perfect
Mike Grinsell's romantic arrangements fit Wesla so perfectly, his arrangements are both jazzy and slick, but modern yet classic, he's brilliant. Read more
Published on Nov 30 2003 by Phillip Scott
I love this cd because I do
This cd is great because it is, I'm not talking riddles, because I'm not. I love this cd, because I do. Wesla Whitfield is a great singer, because she is. Read more
Published on Nov 29 2003 by Matthew Dunaway
My favorite cd, and I'm 14 years old!!!
I love Wesla I had a chance to see her with my parents wehn we went on vacation to San Francisco, she was great. I bought this cd, and I love it. She is a cool and jazzy singer. Read more
Published on Nov 29 2003 by Alisha
the greatest cd of all time
this si without a doubt the greatest cd ever recorded, i love every track. wesla whitfield is a sensitive performer who really knows how to get inside the song, with the help of... Read more
Published on Nov 28 2003
This is the 1st Wesla cd for me, and there'll be many more..
I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to realize that this cd is the greatest cd of jazz standards out there. Let's do a little brain storming and try to find out why. Read more
Published on Nov 28 2003 by Debbie Wong
HIGH STANDARDS indeed!!!
There are so many pop singers like Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Natalie Cole & Carly Simon, who's careers were dying so as a last resort to revive thier sinking careers they... Read more
Published on Nov 28 2003
Just the best. Always the best.
Well Music Lover, you're only cutting off your nose to spite your face if this is the first/last CD of Wesla's that you ever purchase. Read more
Published on Jan 31 2002 by "wego4you"
This is the first Weslia cd for me
I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to realize that this cd is not very good. Let's do a little brain storming and try to find out why. Read more
Published on Aug 29 2001
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