Live At Blues Alley

Live At Blues Alley
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When Eva Cassidy is swinging her way through "Cheek to Cheek" and getting down and bluesy on "Stormy Monday" on this live set from 1996, it's nigh impossible not to get swept up in her voice's vast, barreling force. Her full range, though, becomes most obvious--and soul-shaking--on the slower side, as with Paul Simon's "Bridge over Troubled Water," Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Tall Trees in Georgia," and "What a Wonderful World." On these latter tunes, Cassidy's mix of aching clarity and rich warmth has a melting quality, speaking through the body to some evanescent presence that she seems to know all too well. She improbably makes Sting's "Fields of Gold" an emotional powerhouse just as easily as she makes Billie Holiday's "Fine and Mellow" an offhand declaration of feeling equal to nearly anything in the jazz vocal canon. In doing so she earns her place among the great singers--artists who could take any song and stamp it indelibly as their own. What Eva Cassidy had in her short life was an unbelievably perfect voice and a musical soul that grasped gospel, folk, blues, jazz, and all points in between as if they were mere stops on a single train ride. Alas, her ride ended in 1996, tragically early. --Andrew Bartlett
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer Blix Street Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 1824812
Model 2142958
ReleaseDate 2015-07-01
UnitCount 1
Format Live
UPCs 739341004629
EANs 0739341004629

Country	USA
Brand	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer	Blix Street Records
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	1824812
Model	2142958
ReleaseDate	2015-07-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Live
UPCs	739341004629
EANs	0739341004629

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