Track Listings (9) - Disc #1| All Artists: Carmen Lundy Title: This Is Carmen Lundy Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Justin Time Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2001 Re-Release Date: 9/25/2001 Genres: Jazz, Pop Styles: Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 068944017423 |
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Carmen Lundy has that rare combination of qualities found in great jazz singers: imagination, a superb sense of swing phrasing and improvisation, a broad vocal range with powerful lungs, and a sure grasp of jazz tradition.... more » |
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Amazon.com Carmen Lundy has that rare combination of qualities found in great jazz singers: imagination, a superb sense of swing phrasing and improvisation, a broad vocal range with powerful lungs, and a sure grasp of jazz tradition. This Is ... features not only Lundy's voice, but also her songwriting, another of her talents. While her lyrics are not always as clever as her music, with its challenging turnarounds and charged interplay, Lundy's baring of her life experiences makes This Is ... a record you can sink your ears into. Her band, including brother Curtis Lundy on bass, drummer Ralph Peterson, pianist Anthony Wonsey, and saxophonists Mark Shim and Bobby Watson, can sometimes sound tentative and they are ill-supported by a diaphanous mix. But Carmen and her songs are the stars. Several tunes ("This Is the End of a Love Affair," "Now That He's Gone," "Send Me Somebody to Love") sound like standards, so winsome are their melodies and arrangements. Best of all, Lundy sounds like she is having a ball, even when the band misses a cue. This Is Carmen Lundy is a solid album, a promising foretaste of things to come. Heaven is 'round the corner for this multithreat talent. --Ken Micallef Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsA Match Made In Heaven! BeadMoonStardust | Everywhere | 02/16/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "I won tickets to see ANY show at the Triple Door I wanted, and I checked the calander and picked Carmen Lundy. Even though I'd never HEARD of her before, I saw her picture and she BEAMED like a Divining Rod! So I went and was blown to itsy-bits! ;) Ms. Lundy's Presence IS like a power-source of some delicious kind! Yet she goes deeeep and YOU FEEL HER...then she Delivers you gently Home. Home-Sweet-Home. Right this moment I'm listening to this CD...this delicacy of confection...and I AM G.L.A.D. ...So Glad. Wow. Thank You Ms. Carmen Lundy. Thank the Stars for you. Sincerely, Bead" This Is is the bomb!!!!!! Ndumiso Madlala | (KwaZulu-South Africa) | 01/11/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "I first heard this lady in a compilation album called "women of jazz" her featured song was "you're not in love" from the old devil moon (another great album) ever since then I have collected everything there is to collect from her. This album though, stands out, the first track is so upbeat that it immediately makes me happy no-matter how sad I am. The rest of the album is brilliant I never skip any song...but the one most outstanding piece of work here is the vocal arrangement on "better luck next time" wow!!! what can I say this women is trully a legend." This is really is Carmen Lundy in all her glory! Gminzie | Manchester, Lancs United Kingdom | 10/29/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "After having my ears bashed constantly by the rather inane off key ramblings of smooth jazz radios latest over hyped jazz talent (I wont mention any names but it just aint 'wonderful'). It was with great anticipation, that I waited for the postman to bring me Carmen Lundy's latest tour de force. I was knocked away by the title track as it just kinda hits you in the face with it's power but oh so subtle rhythms provided by some new jazz players. Ms Lundy for the next 54 minutes made my spine tingle with her delightful singing, hitting the peaks and getting down real low, it has passion and a delivery that is lacking in many a so called jazz vocal album of today. One keeps thinking I've heard this or that track before, so Ms Lundy creates standards for us (I can see many of todays jazz greats lining up to record the title track), all I can say is keep writing your songs lady. As for the players on the album scorching, red hot, kicking up a storm on some and yet adept at being able to portray Carmens feeling in their playing ( by the way I am still trying to find the missed note!). A superb album that is probably her best so far, it won't make No.1 in the billboard charts it'd be a much better world if it ever did make it! No, I will continue to purchase her music if Ms Lundy keeps producing, music as beautiful and uplifting as this. It's the best JAZZ vocal album of the year, in fact of the past 5 years at least, an absolute gem."
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