Odetta Sings the Blues / Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin

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Odetta Sings the Blues / Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin

2 LPs on 1 CD
24 BIT
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Acknowledged as an influence by singers as disparate as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Janis Joplin and Carly Simon, singer Odetta Holmes (1930-2008), better known as Odetta, was widely admired for the passionate commitment she brought to everything she did. That and much more is abundantly clear in the way she poured heart and soul into these songs drawn from the classic blues repertoire and what used to be referred to as the Negro folk songbook. Blessed with dramatic ability and an innate sense of the meaning of each song, she absorbed it into her personality, singer and song fused into one. And though her voice was ideal for the slow, weighty blues of 1920s blues singers like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, she made the material her own, with no attempt at re-creation.
Throughout this venture into the blues she was also blessed in the first- class accompaniment provided by the musicians led on these early 1960s sessions by pianist and arranger Dick Wellstood. For them he drew on the considerable talents of such jazzmen as Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson, Herb Hall (brother of fellow clarinetist Edmond Hall), Buster Bailey and the inimitable Sonny Terry, among others. Their empathy shines through every track on a fine example of her art.

Country	USA
Binding	Audio CD
EAN	8427328608299
Format	Import
Label	Fresh Sound Records (FSR 829)
Manufacturer	Fresh Sound Records (FSR 829)
MPN	FSRCD829
NumberOfDiscs	1
NumberOfItems	1
PartNumber	FSRCD829
Publisher	Fresh Sound Records (FSR 829)
ReleaseDate	2014-05-09
Studio	Fresh Sound Records (FSR 829)