Raya Yarbrough - Raya Yarbrough
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Artist: Raya YarbroughEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
- Lord Knows I Would
- You're So Bad For Me
- Joy Spring
- Dreamers Ball
- Sorrow's Eyes
- Mood Indigo
- Early Autumn
- Listen, Emily
- Hollywood Love
- 'Round We Go
- Vice And Vanity
- Better Days
Free Music Notes for Raya Yarbrough
Free Music Review: A Very Impressive Debut
Hit: 5 Stars
Anyone who can score a first recording contract with Telarc must be something special. And Raya Yarbrough is. This eponymous debut is as good a debut c.d. (outside of Roberta Gambarini's, that is) as there is, and leaves me with a world of hope and expectations for Ms. Yarbrough's future.
Raya Yarbrough, who looks like a cross between Cher and Rain Pryor, sounds like a cross between Patricia Barber, June Christy and Tierney Sutton. This c.d. is eclectic. At times, Ms. Yarbrough sounds like she's ready to break into the top 40, what with her catchy "You're So Bad For Me," and her "Honky Cat"-sounding "Round We Go." But then she knocks off a gorgeous vocalese version of "Mood Indigo," with an arrangement that starts out like Monk's "Ruby, My Dear." And then an even more gorgeous dreamy version of "Early Autumn," complete with string quartet. Then a cross between folk, r & b and close vocal harmony with "Dreamer's Ball." Then a dreamy version of Clifford Brown's "Sing Joy Spring," with none of the pep usually associated with that tune.
Sometimes eclecticism like this can drive me mad. But in this case, the musicianship is so good that it doesn't. Kudos to Steve Bartok, the producer. Plus, Ms. yarbrough is a terrific songwriter. My favorite on this disc is "Listen, Emily," an angular-sounding cautionary tale to a young woman who is moving too fast. Likewise, "Hollywood Love," a tale of how the bleached-blonde look is what attracts "dumb men" for whatever reason, is one that I could see covered by others in the future.
I'm a little bit surprised that I'm the first Ammy reviewer to review this. This c.d. has been getting pretty good press in the trade mags. And for good reason. I think that as Raya Yarbrough finds her voice, she will record some Grammy-winners at some time in the future. RC
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1. Lord Knows I Would 2. You're So Bad For Me 3. Joy Spring 4. Dreamer's Ball 5. Sorrow's Eyes 6. Mood Indigo 7. Early Autumn 8. Listen, Emily 9. Hollywood Love 10. `Round We Go 11. Vice and Vanity 12. Better DaysJazz Music CDs
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