Chaka Khan - ClassiKhan
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Free Music Review: classikhan - A Masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
All right people - get ready! The secret is out! Brilliant is not the word for this CD. Sheer and utter brilliance is more like it! Chaka Khan and The London Symphony Orchestra are pure magic! From the opening track, "Hey Big Spender", to the final track - "I Believe", a new song with a "Love Me Still" feeling that flows right along with this set, CK delivers this selection of classics with the fire and spunk as only SHE can. Chaka hits those high notes we all crave on "Big Spender", "Stormy Weather" (I suggest you are in a seated position for this one. Lena Horne will be proud!),"Teach Me Tonight" and "To Sir With Love"...AHHHH the intro is heavenly. The Khan Artist literally WAKES UP sleepy ballads like Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy" (no offense to these other legendary ladies). The 11th and 12th tracks are back-to-back Shirley Bassey classics "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Goldfinger" which are obviously tributes to the legendary singer, and again done in a style that is pure Chaka. classikhan's production is amazing and unrivaled, replete with a live and nostalgic vibe, reminiscent of the lush stylings of the Nelson Riddle and Henry Mancini Orchestras. We Chakaholics have been a patient bunch and will not be disappointed. So, on this coming Tuesday, October 5, 2004, buy this CD and plan on turning down the lights, pouring yourself a glass of wine, lighting some candles and let classikhan take you away! I smell another Grammy!
Free Music Review: The FIRE is back
Hit: 5 Stars
I have listened to Chaka ever since she was with Rufus and have loved everything she has ever put out. I have her Echoes of an Era "album" and am so glad to hear that it is now avaiabile on CD. For those of the few people still out there in this world who have not heard of or listened to a Chaka CD let me just tell you that you are missing out on one of the greatest vocalist since Ella and Sarah. This new CD showcases her voice to the ninth degree. Man I was just blowen away when I friest heard that she had a new CD out. My best friend who is at least two hours away from me called me and said guess what Chaka has a new CD and man it is bad. After I stopped jumping up and down for joy I quickly went out and bought this masterpiece. The woman blows you away with her vocal stylization of such songs as "Crazy" "The Best Is Yet To Come" and her one original piece "I Believe" this woman proofs once again why every other young female and male artist out there "tries" their best to imitate her and make her style their own. Stand back ya and let the one and orginial do it her way. This has Grammy written all over it. And if you don't believe take your a** out there and listen to this great woman do some great music. She proves like all the other Divas out there that it ain't over tell she says it's over. Add this CD to your collection and you will need no other, sultry, stylish and soulfully hot. This woman named Chaka does it all.Free Music Review: The Album She Was Born To Make
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay...so lots of people love to 'dis Ms. Khan's choice of songs producers whatever....call me blind and deaf, but her sheer musicality of every project leaves me breathless.I would buy her signing the Chicago Yellowpages if it were available.
Having said all that, I was a bit reserved when in concert a week before this album's release she mentioned her album of "standards". Typically this means another middle age pop singer has run out of ideas and support, and will do anything to cash in on the nostalgia craze.
HOWEVER....why it's taken 30 years for her to get this album out is beyond me. This is the album Chaka was born to record.
I'm the first to admit that I still grove to early Rufus, and late solo Chaka....her voice has always begged to sign these standards.
Anyone can come out with an album of golden oldies, but I can't recall one that makes you forget the originals...as Ms. Khan does here.
Shake a pitcher of dirty vodka martinis...kick back and listen to "GoldFinger", "Hey Big Spender", Is That All There Is".
I for one hope this is the first installment of several more standards albums to come.....If THIS one goes by unnoticed it will confirm a conspiracy. Even if her record company does NOTHING to promote this (as they are want to do) word of mouth should win out...
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Free Music Review: Smoothjazz.com Review
Hit: 5 Stars
Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan! What a scrumptious new project you've come to the holiday table with... Lest anyone forget, CLASSIKHAN will not hesitate to remind you that Ms. Khan is indeed the ultimate diva when it comes to vocal finesse, power and strength. The years have been kind to this beautiful artist... Her voice is as pure as ever as she takes on a clever and somewhat eclectic selection of songs. The album opens with a take no prisoners version of "Hey Big Spender" and moves right along into a sassy number called, "Hazels Hips." The London Symphony Orchestra wow this project and put it over the top. Big, brassy horns and lush, lingering strings provide this diva with deservedly grand accompaniment. Chaka is in her element on CLASSIKHAN... Thirteen songs in all... Including Patsy Cline's hit "Crazy," a jazzy-bluesy mix of "Stormy Weather," a couple of 007 tunes: "Diamonds Are Forever," and "Goldfinger," and a new spin on Peggy Lee's sobering (read: depressing) version of "Is That All There Is." This time `round Chaka grabs the tiger by the tail and tells the story in a more take charge manner recounting some of life's setbacks and countering with a call to celebration. At least that's the way I hear it. CLASSICKHAN is ideal for this holiday season and for always... After all, it is classic. -Sandy ShoreFree Music Review: This Project has been overdue since 1982!!!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
She did "Echoes of an Era" that year and "Most" Jazz lovers said "YES!"... a new voice on the scene... She is a fantastic talent
has a great voice! If you've never had the pleasure of hearing that CD, you owe that treat to your ears... SOON!
BUT due to a lack of promotion or lack of sales...
Chaka walked away from the jazz scene and back to pop/R&B where she would get paid for her efforts. I don't blame her for that, we all love and need to receive money for our work.
That being said......... WHY did it take her 22 years to COME BACK to the art form that she does so well???????
This CD proves that she should have been here all along!!!
The music presented on this CD just solidifies her position among the better jazz/pop vocalists of all time.
We are grateful for her return, she's put "her unique stamp" on each and every song.
Although I must agree with another writer, that the James Bond themes seem out of place on this effort. They seem out of the flow of the rest of the music. Those songs would have been better suited to another project. I for one would LOVE to see her put her vocal stylings on some early MOTOWN things like some of the Temptations or Smokey Robinson tunes!