Chris Connor - I Walk with Music

Title: I Walk with Music Artist: Chris Connor Release Date: 9/17/2002 Label: Highnote Records, Inc. UPC: 632375709525 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Cool, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Elegant, Lively, Sophisticated, Autumnal, Boisterous, Dramatic, Freewheeling, Wistful, Intimate, Lush, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Stylish, Energetic, Romantic, Sensual, Amiable/Good-Natured, Sentimental Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Route 66
2. Where Can I Go Without You
3. Quiet Nights
4. That Old Black Magic
5. How High the Moon
6. I Walk With Music
7. Serenade in Blue
8. Shall We Dance?
9. This Heart of Mine
10. On the Road Again

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Highnote Records, Inc. 7095

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There comes a point in each singer's life, at least anyone who lives to a decent age, where she or he has to decide whether it is time to stop recording. Virtually all vocalists (except for the remarkable Herb Jeffries) show their age in their voices and, once they hit their sixties and especially their seventies, they should ask themselves if they really want to be documented at that age. Chris Connor, who was at her peak in the 1950s, was 74 when she recorded I Walk With Music in 2002. Although her phrasing is still fine and her enthusiasm is high, her voice sounds very weathered and unreliable. She was wise to mostly pick songs for this set that only involve her using a small range but, despite some fine solos (particularly from Bill Easley on bass clarinet and guitarist Jack Wilkins), the decline in Chris Connor's voice makes this a difficult CD to recommend. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Easley Reeds Chip Jackson Bass Chris Connor Vocals Dennis Mackrel Drums Doug Ramsey Liner Notes Joe Fields Executive Producer Keiji Obata Design Memo Acevedo Percussion Michael Abene Piano, Producer, Arranger Mitch Yuspeh Engineer R. Andrew Lepley Photography Richard Sussman String Arrangements Roy Gumpel Photography