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Better Than Anything
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Track Listing
- Better Than Anything
- I Won't Dance
- Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Nature Boy
- Them There Eyes
- I Say A Little Prayer
- Body And Soul
- Button Up Your Overcoat
- The Tears Of A Clown
- Ooh Child
- One Child At A Time
- Balm In Gilead
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #45805 in Music
- Released on: 2008-01-15
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Nnenna Freelon is, simply, one of the greatest jazz vocalists of our time. She is without question the very epitome of music elegance expressed as excellence. This premium collection was specifically chosen and sequenced to present the powerful scope and expanse of Nnenna's artistic appeal.
Customer Reviews
Be bop a lula!!!
I've always wondered what Jazz songstress Nnenna freelon's music sounded like, especially as she shares her first name with my wonderful cousin. A friend of mine gave this CD to me, and it is apparently a collection of some of her best.
I love the big band Jazz sound with big bass, horns, and skatting a-plenty. Opening cut "Better than anything" (in which she declares "Better than four sets of Dizzie, Count Basie's band... being on Oprah or Letterman, winning the lottery, better than anything than being in love"), "Nature boy", and the Latin-tinged "I won't dance" are fine examples of this.
Her version of "Straighten up and fly right" is so different, just male acapella vocals (Gospel group take 6) and fingersnaps accompany her vocals. Interesting and nice. "I say a little prayer" is a conga-fest, while "The tears of a clown" (performed live) is a tender spare piano ballad.
Closing is the piano "Balm in Gilead", a gospel song given the Jazz treatment. I love the soulful vocal crescendo towards the end. Soothing as a balm.
Lovely! I'll be on the look out for more from Ms Freelon.
STRAIGHT TO THE HEART
NNENA FREELONs songbook including many of her best songs in this compillation from CONCORD plus two live ones .Jazz R&b soul gospel a bit of reggae and funk elements constitute BETTER THAN ANYTHING .A great voice straigh to the heart .
Nnenna Freelon's brilliance.
Great setlist. Encyclopedic musical tour de force by a Diva. Maybe her best album.
I'm a fan. And you?
