Marlena Shaw Live at Montreux
| Marlena Shaw Live at Montreux | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1974; 1994 (CD in Japan) | |||
| Recorded | July 5, 1973 | |||
| Venue | Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:08 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BN-LA 251-G: TOCJ-5876 | |||
| Producer | Dr. George Butler | |||
| Marlena Shaw chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
1995 CD release | ||||
Marlena Shaw Live at Montreux is a live album by American vocalist Marlena Shaw recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] Shaw's introduction to the track "Woman of the Ghetto" was sampled for St. Germain's album Tourist (2000), Blue Boy's "Remember Me" (1996), Ghostface Killah's song "Ghetto" (2010), and Spanish hip-hop group Violadores del Verso in their song "Balantains".
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and stated "it features the R&Bish singer Marlena Shaw in a more spontaneous setting than usual with a trio led by pianist George Gaffney at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival. It is not too surprising that Shaw found her greatest successes in pop/soul music for the stylized way that she bends nearly every note and overplays the lyrics (not much subtlety here) fits that idiom quite well".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
Track listing
Original release (1974)
- A1. "The Show Has Begun" (Horace Silver) – 3:50
- A2. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:20
- A3. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:20
- A4. "Twisted" (Wardell Gray, Annie Ross) – 3:45
- B1. "But for Now" (Bob Dorough) – 4:32
- B2. "Save the Children" (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 4:20
- B3. "Woman of the Ghetto" (Richard Evans, Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw) – 9:20
- Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 5, 1973.
CD release (1994 in Japan)
- "The Show Has Begun" (Horace Silver) – 4:48
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:20
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:26
- "Twisted" (Wardell Gray, Annie Ross) – 3:48
- "But for Now" (Bob Dorough) – 4:23
- "Save the Children" (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 4:24
- "Woman of the Ghetto" (Richard Evans, Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw) – 9:59
Personnel
- Marlena Shaw – vocals
- George Gaffney – piano, electric piano
- Ed Boyer – bass
- Harold Jones – drums
See also
The four other albums of the "Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux" series:
- Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux
- Live at Montreux (Bobbi Humphrey album)
- Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux
- Ronnie Foster Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux
References
- ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed January 24, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. "AllMusic Review". Retrieved January 24, 2011.