- Audio CD (May 16 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Enhanced
- Label: Max Jazz
- ASIN: B00004SVIM
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. What A Difference A Day Makes |
| 2. Tennessee Waltz |
| 3. Motherless Child |
| 4. Four Women |
| 5. The Very Thought Of You |
| 6. I Like You |
| 7. Afro Blue |
| 8. A Sleepin' Bee |
| 9. Hurry Sundown |
| 10. God Bless The Child |
| 11. Take My Breath Away |
| 12. How Can I Keep From Singing? |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
The national arrival of Virginia-Washington, D.C. singer René Marie is a major event in the jazz vocal ranks. She has passion and technique to spare, and she's willing to try unusual material and fresh approaches. A ballad like "The Very Thought of You" shows her in command of all the traditional virtues, unfaltering pitch and articulation, subtle inflections of her sound, and a personal approach to reshaping melody. She even takes some signature songs and makes them her own, recasting "God Bless the Child" at a fast tempo that takes it out of Billie Holiday's exclusive orbit. She has a sense of a lyric's strength, too, whether it's the potent protest of Nina Simone's "Four Women" or the whimsy of Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's "A Sleepin' Bee."
The musicians are superb, working hand in glove with Marie well beyond the usual accompanying roles, from the Afro-Cuban modal powerhouse "Afro Blue" to the township groove of the title song. Pianist Mulgrew Miller surrounds her voice with the most apt chords, while bassist Ugonna Okegwo, solid throughout, makes a compelling duet of "Motherless Child." "Tennessee Waltz" picks up jazz harmonies from Marie's voice and a strong country-blues infusion from Marvin Sewell's slide guitar, while "Afro Blue" has Marie soaring with Sam Newsome's soprano saxophone, effectively imitating a flute in the process. Marie's also an affecting songwriter, as the uptempo "I Like You" and the sultry "Hurry Sundown" make clear. René Marie is a classic jazz singer, one who sets her standards by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan but still makes her own statements. --Stuart Broomer
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Late Blooming Great Jazz Diva!,
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This review is from: How Can I Keep from Singing? (Audio CD)
I enjoy listening to this new songtress. Ms. Rene Marie has a very pleasing silky smooth Jazz voice and she does great homage to the popular songs of the past, but I would like to hear her do more originals. She needs to record some songs to make own, songs that would be known as Rene Marie songs. I myself have some songs that I wrote that could help her out in that respect if she or her management were interested. All they need do is contact me at: bluesboy@his.com. In any case good luck to her with her career and I shall keep listening.
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Soaring Songbird,
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This review is from: How Can I Keep from Singing? (Audio CD)
In reverse it was. I got "Vertigo" first, because that was the only one the store had. I was so in love with Rene's voice and vision that I just had to get her previous album. "How can I..." is almost better than the follow-up. They are similar in their greatness: Great musicians, innovative arrangements ("Afro Blue" and "God Bless the child"), and superb compositions by Rene, such as "I like you" and "Hurry Sundown." Rene has got to be one of the best jazz talents around today. Her improvisations are quite original and surprising, her vocal control is simply breathtaking, her compositions and arrangements of trad Jazz tunes is highly creative. Who would have taken "God bless..." at such a fast-paced tempo, when it always has been a ballad? Or, "Afro Blue" given a world-music dress? Her voice itself is also a wonder to behold. She can blare out like a perfectly controlled wind instrument at full volume, or she can whisper you into ecstasy with perfect timing and elastic phrasing on the ballads.Thank goodness she came out of her musical retirement. The music world is better thanks to her.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This One Sings,
By Jorge Barbarosa "the_bassist" (the back 9) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How Can I Keep from Singing? (Audio CD)
Read the reviews, press releases etc... then buy it, you won't be disappointed. She rates right up there in quality and presence. A really wonderful talent.
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