Patti Austin - Avant Gershwin
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Free Music Review: JUST BUY THIS - DON'T HESITATE
Hit: 5 Stars
As an avid fan of Miss Patti - I've had this cd for a couple months now and have been listening to it over and over again! From the first track to the last note - this is a pure jazz vocal cd that EVERYONE can enjoy and should have in their collection - even if you're not familiar with jazz (shame on you) - I encourage you to buy this cd as well as Patti's ELLA cd and learn what fans like myself have known for years - this woman is he new queen of live jazz Divas.
My hat off to you Miss Patti for another stunning creation - can't wait to see you on tour this year in support of another crowning achievement in your wonderful career! LOVE YA!
Free Music Review: A new, adventurous departure.
Hit: 4 Stars
Over the last decade, Patti Austin has gone back to her jazz roots, singing tunes from the Great American Songbook. Her 2002 CD, "For Ella", a tribute to the great Ella Fitzgerald, received a Grammy nomination. And on her latest album, "Avant Gershwin", she belts it out Broadway style, interpreting the music of George and Ira Gershwin.
The silken voiced diva has released a fine collection of some of the most celebrated and loved Broadway jazzy tracks, to which she brings her very special vocal magic, originally recorded by some male jazz legends.
This album is a work of great depth.
Her voice illuminates every song. Even though we have heard the same tunes sung to us so many times...Her heart is felt in every note as she soars to the highs of the heavens and smoothly flows to the lows.
Anyone with Patti Austin' s great voice and the support of a record label could easily have recorded an album of straightforward George Gershwin covers and called it a day, but Austin is not one to play it safe.
On "Avant Gershwin" she reshapes and reconfigures the old standards in exciting new ways.
She also makes a bold statement with the "Porgy & Bess Medley" by selecting all songs sung by male characters save the classic "Summertime".
To hear Patti deliver on Jake's put down "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" or Sportin' Life's sly "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" forces the listener to reconsider the more submissive roles assigned to Bess and the other female characters.
Her sultry turn on "Love Walked In", with minimal piano accompaniment, uncovers an almost angst-filled facet to the song.
With expert backing by the WDR Big Band of Cologne (Germany), led by Michael Abene, she swings" Lady Be Good", "Swanee", and "Who Cares" as hard-bop numbers, replete with inspired scatting.