Shirley Horn - You Won't Forget Me
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Free Music Review: An Essential Jazz Vocal Recording
Hit: 5 Stars
I've owned this recording for probably 15 years and in all that time I have never tired of it (it was brought to my attention by a Stereophile review - way back then.) The overall tenor of the album can readily be ascertained from the Amazon sound samples and so I won't make any comment on that. For the audiophiles; the recording quality is first rate - easily a demonstration disc. And it certainly qualifies as a reference recording for female jazz vocal. I own quite a number of female jazz vocal recordings and this is easily among the top two or three. I own two other of her recordings on Verve but this is of course the supremum of all three. If after listening to this disc you cannot give it your highest endorsement within the category (female jazz vocal) then something is amiss. Highly recommended, of course.Free Music Review: No one who hears this CD will EVER forget Shirley Horn.
Hit: 5 Stars
There's no one on earth who can tell a story in song better than Shirley Horn, who can turn the quietest whisper into a powerful narrative moment, and in this CD, in which she sings about the many aspects of love, she is brilliant. Recorded in 1990, this was her first #1 jazz album in a career which she had postponed from the early sixties till late seventies, while she was bringing up her children. Always one of Miles Davis's favorite singers, she invites him here as a guest soloist.
Horn is a complete musician, and on this CD, she has planned every aspect of the recording. Having done all the arrangements and selected each soloist for his specific talents on specific songs, she ensures that the totality is exactly the interpretation she has in mind. Miles Davis is guest soloist on the title song, "You Won't Forget Me," Wynton Marsalis guests on "Don't Let the Sun Catch Me Crying," Toots Thielemans makes the harmonica a dramatically emotional instrument in "Beautiful Love," Branford Marsalis's sax complements her range and voice on "It Had to Be You," and Buck Hill and Horn become a musical unit on "Foolin' Myself."
Horn takes as much time as she needs for her interpretations throughout the recording. Paying no heed to the common length of CD tracks, she ranges here from almost nine minutes on the wonderful "If You Go" to less than two and a half minutes on "I Just Found Out About Love," which is upbeat, celebratory, and loud, with a strong drum base. Her selections vary from the quiet and dramatic "The Music That Makes Me Dance," in which she uses pauses and silence to emphasize the lyrics--"HIS is the only music that makes me dance,"--to the bluesy "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin,'" with Wynton Marsalis--"You done me dirty now, and I just don't want you no more." "Soothe Me," with Toots Thielemans is vampy and sexy, giving new meaning to "soothe me...mellow me way down inside."
Mature, confident, and relaxed, Horn creates moods, plays with the rhythm and timing (especially noticeable on "You Stepped Out of a Dream), sets her piano and Davis's trumpet off against the metronome-like beat of the drum in "You Won't Forget Me," and ends triumphantly in "All My Tomorrows," in which she declares that all her dreams of a bright tomorrow may come true. A total musician, Horn uses her voice, her piano, and her vision to create one of the classic jazz albums of all time. n Mary Whipple
Free Music Review: another Horn masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
It seems to me that the slower the tempo of Jazz songs, the more meaning and emotional content they contain.
And Shirley Horn really loved that slow tempo that she could pour herself into, that she could ring every drop of meaning out of songs, even songs that usually are faster. Jazz is often full of players with great technique who play at breakneck speeds and leave little of themselves in the groove.
Shirley Horn so impressed Miles Davis in 1963 with her slowed tempos that three of the songs of his "Seven Steps to Heaven" were done as Shirley Horn did them! Shortly after she dropped out for almost two decades, to raise a family. Miles always promised he would play on one of Shirley's albums. Decades of, um, personal problems prevented Miles from keeping his promise until this album, and then he died before completing it. Well, she has plenty of great other backup guys here, Toots Thielemans, Wynton Marsalis, Charles Ables, Steve Williams etc. When Miles does play, he brings back those long-gone pre-1964 lonely solos that he hadn't done for decades.
Soul is an overused term. This heart-wrenchingly slow music has a palpable sense of spirituality. Real soul.
This CD is Always Wonderful, involving, thoughtful. Varied but many Late night, romantic listening tunes. Everyone plays well, esp Miles and Toots who can really make you feel the music. Music with real substance! "You Won't Forget Me" with Miles Davis!
I'm sorry to have only found out about this major DC area talent after her recent death. I would have loved to have heard her do these songs live!
Free Music Review: The Best!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I just heard Shirley Horn passed on today. This was my first Shirley Horn CD purchase and its still my favorite. As a jazz vocalist (and pianist) she was in a class by herself. Just listen to her haunting rendition of the title track, "You Wont Forget Me". You're right Shirley, we'll NEVER forget you! Sublime.Free Music Review: How Can Anyone Forget Shirley Horn?
Hit: 5 Stars
I had never heard of Shirley Horn, but was convinced "she must be good if Miles Davis is backing her up." From the moment she touched the piano and sang her first note I knew this was someone I had to sit and listen to; but when she sang the title cut I knew I was in love with Shirley Horn. Rather the temple is fast or slow, or the mood be happy or sad - it sooths and reassures you - "no complaints and no regrets."