Ethel Waters - Am I Blue?
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Artist: Ethel WatersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-11-16
Music Label: Asv Living Era
Soundtracks:
- Am I Blue?
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Dinah
- I'm Coming, Virginia
- Birmingham Bertha
- Second-Handed Man
- True Blue Lou
- Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo
- Trav'lin' All Alone
- Long Lean Lanky Mama
- You Can't Stop Me from Loving You
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Ethel Waters
- Stormy Weather - The Dorsey Brothers, Ethel Waters
- Don't Blame Me - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Ethel Waters
- Shadows on the Swanee - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Ethel Waters
- Heat Wave
- I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Ethel Waters
- Hundred Years from Today - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Ethel Waters
- Miss Otis Regrets - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Ethel Waters
- Moonglow
- You're a Sweetheart - Ethel Waters, Russell Wooding & His Orchestra
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Baby, What Else Can I Do? - Eddie Mallory & His Orchestra, Ethel Waters
- Waiting at the End of the Road
Music reviews of Am I Blue?
Music Review: Ethel Waters - Am I Blue?
Rating: 5 Stars
Growing up in the 50's, pop music from the late 20's and 30's was fairly common. There were some real classics. I never thought much about who was singing many of these songs. Alas, Ethel Waters was one of them. Also, by paying attention to the recording dates, it's possible to hear the influence of Louis Armstrong. The sound is quite acceptable for the recording technoloby in use at the time. This disc is a real classic.
Description of Am I Blue?
Ethel Waters is arguably the first woman jazz singer, with a gift for musical phrasing that immediately distinguished her from both the classic blues singers and the prevailing standards for popular singers. This CD surveys her recordings from 1925 to 1939, placing emphasis on jazz elements. Throughout, she's accompanied by an extraordinary collection of jazz musicians, and rare are the popular vocal records of the period where singers and jazz bands coexist so comfortably. Cornetist Joe Smith and clarinetist Don Redman are present on 1925's "Sweet Georgia Brown," and several musicians who appear as young sidemen on recordings from 1929 to '31--such as Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman--would become the leaders of celebrated swing bands a few years later. There's a superb rendition of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" with Duke Ellington's great 1932 band, but Waters is just as dynamic on "Stormy Weather" and "Heat Wave." Waters possessed an exceptional talent for delivering lyrics, giving almost speechlike dimension to songs like "True Blue Lou" and tremendous drama to the mournful "Trav'lin' All Alone." The CD is a good introduction to a fascinating singer and an interesting chapter in the evolution of popular music. --Stuart BroomerGeneral CDs
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