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Blackbirds / Bettye LaVette.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 27252
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--2011-2020.
- Popular music.
- Rhythm and blues music.
- Soul music.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Rhythm and blues music.
- Soul music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (40 min., 13 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Black birds
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Verve Records/UMG Recordings, [2020]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- audio file
- CD audio
- Summary:
- Blues Hall of Famer and five-time Grammy-nominee Bettye LaVette returns with a new album, "Blackbirds," produced by Steve Jordan. Features songs primarily popularized by peers-other iconic women in music-who she respected and admired. It finds her in top form delivering powerful renditions of songs that touched her personally. Billie Holiday's "Strange fruit", Nina Simone's "I hold no grudge" and more, all in LaVette's rich and raspy tone with a touch of the blues
- Contents:
- I hold no grudge (5:00)
- One more song (5:24)
- Blues for the weepers (3:52)
- Book of lies (3:44)
- Romance in the dark (4:28)
- Drinking again (5:36)
- Strange fruit (4:14)
- Save your love for me (4:52)
- Blackbird (3:31).
- Participant:
- Bettye Lavette, vocals ; Steve Jordan, drums ; Smokey Hormel, guitar ; Leon Pendarvis, keys ; Tom Barney, bass ; with additional musicians.
- Credits:
- Produced by Steve Jordan.
- Notes:
- Title from disc label.
- Recorded Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY Funky Joe's Recording Studios, New York, NY.
- Performance notes by David Freeland with credits on container insert.
- OCLC:
- 1164716733
- Publisher Number:
- 602508692710
- B0031706-02 Verve Records
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