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Nnenna Freelon has recorded for the Concord label since 1996. Better Than Anything has some of the high points from her first nine years with the company, drawing its dozen selections from six previously released CDs. Freelon had developed into an individual voice and a subtle improviser before she hooked up with Concord but she has grown in depth ever since, being increasingly willing to take chances and stretch herself into other idioms while staying true to her jazz vision. On Better Than Anything, seven of the dozen selections are jazz standards, with "I Say a Little Prayer" and "Balm in Gilead" being among the exceptions. But even such tunes as "Them There Eyes" (taken from a project that had modernized versions of Billie Holiday-associated songs) and "Body and Soul" sound different than expected. The most joyful performance is "Straighten Up and Fly Right," which teams Freelon with Take 6. They should record a full-length project someday. Better Than Anything is an excellent all-round sampler, although Nnenna Freelon's best fans will prefer to obtain her original CDs individually.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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David Wheat, ComposerLyricist - Bill Loughborough, ComposerLyricist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Concord Records, Inc.
Jerome Kern, Composer - Dorothy Fields, Author - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Otto Harbach, Author - Jimmy McHugh, Author - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 1998 Concord Records, Inc.
Nat King Cole, ComposerLyricist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Take 6, MainArtist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Concord Records, Inc.
EDEN AHBEZ, ComposerLyricist - Rickey Woodard, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nnenna Freelon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Brown, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Burk, Producer, Recording Producer - Woody Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Anschell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Concord Records
Maceo Pinkard, ComposerLyricist - DORIS TAUBER, ComposerLyricist - William Tracey, ComposerLyricist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Concord Music Group, Inc
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Concord Records, Inc.
Edward Heyman, Composer - Frank Eyton, Composer - Robert Sour, Composer - Johnny Green, Composer - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Concord Records, Inc.
Ray Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Lew Brown, ComposerLyricist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist - B.G. DeSylva, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Concord Records, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Concord Records, Inc.
Stan Vincent, ComposerLyricist - Take 6, FeaturedArtist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist - Tena Rix Clark, Producer
℗ 2003 UMe/Church Pure & Simple, LLC
Sounds of Blackness, FeaturedArtist - KIRK WHALUM, FeaturedArtist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Concord Records, Inc.
PUBLIC DOMAIN, ComposerLyricist - Nnenna Freelon, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Concord Music Group, Inc
Album review
Nnenna Freelon has recorded for the Concord label since 1996. Better Than Anything has some of the high points from her first nine years with the company, drawing its dozen selections from six previously released CDs. Freelon had developed into an individual voice and a subtle improviser before she hooked up with Concord but she has grown in depth ever since, being increasingly willing to take chances and stretch herself into other idioms while staying true to her jazz vision. On Better Than Anything, seven of the dozen selections are jazz standards, with "I Say a Little Prayer" and "Balm in Gilead" being among the exceptions. But even such tunes as "Them There Eyes" (taken from a project that had modernized versions of Billie Holiday-associated songs) and "Body and Soul" sound different than expected. The most joyful performance is "Straighten Up and Fly Right," which teams Freelon with Take 6. They should record a full-length project someday. Better Than Anything is an excellent all-round sampler, although Nnenna Freelon's best fans will prefer to obtain her original CDs individually.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:34
- Main artists: Nnenna Freelon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
© 2008 Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2008 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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