| Time After Time | 
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Sales Rank: 13737
Category: Music
Artist: Etta James
Publisher: RCA Victor
Studio: RCA Victor
Manufacturer: RCA Victor
Label: RCA Victor
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 82128
UPC: 010058212829
EAN: 0010058212829
ASIN: B0000000LU
Release Date: May 9, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Don't Go to Strangers - Etta James, Evans, Redd | | • | Teach Me Tonight - Etta James, DePaul, Gene | | • | Love Is Here to Stay - Etta James, Gershwin, George | | • | The Nearness of You - Etta James, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | Time After Time - Etta James, Cahn, Sammy | | • | My Funny Valentine - Etta James, Hart, Lorenz | | • | Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Etta James, Greenfield, Howard | | • | Fool That I Am - Etta James, Hunt, Floyd | | • | Willow Weep for Me - Etta James, Ronell, Ann | | • | Imagination - Etta James, Burke, Johnny | | • | Night and Day - Etta James, Porter, Cole | | • | Someone to Watch over Me - Etta James, Gershwin, George |
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Smoky jazz Etta. January 21, 2008
I bought the CD for a friend but downloaded a copy - minus a few tracks - from iTunes. I first heard Etta's version of My Funny Valentine in the middle of a restless night. I've never heard anything quite like Etta's voice. I'm at a loss for words but Etta's interpretation of these jazz standards blow me away every time I listen to them.
It may not be for you if you're into her edgier blues style. I find this the flavor of this CD stands apart as unique in her discography with an after hours jazz club feel. Etta's interpretive skill and abilty to dig in and own a tune are amazing. Some voices suffer as they age. Etta's only getting better. A bucketload of soul.
Sweet March 29, 2007
Music to enjoy in any circumstance. She has such a sweet voice I'm glad I took the time to find this CD.
Etta rocks! March 8, 2007
Loved this CD. And her version of "Don't Go To Strangers" for my money is even better than that of Etta Jones.
More for the hot ube/wine time January 26, 2007
This and her Love Songs will do it better that "little blue pill"
 Etta James--still a queen of the blues. October 9, 2005
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
No one can deny Etta James's legendary status as a queen of the blues, and here, in this 1995 recording, she still wails with the best. Surrounded by extraordinary musicians--especially the brilliant Cedar Walton on piano and Eddie Harris and Herman Riley on tenor sax--she turns standards into big, bold, assertive statements, capitalizing on her lower register (much lower than when she was younger). Full of passion, she proclaims her songs, as much as she sings them, using volume and her somewhat harsh voice, instead of sweetness and subtlety, to convey her messages.
"Don't Go to Strangers" is her joke. Often confused with Etta Jones, she begins the CD with Jones's most famous song, giving it her own style and interpretation. Jo Stafford would never recognize what James does with "Teach Me Tonight," an R & B treatment that features one of Eddie Harris's great sax solos. "Fool That I Am," one of her best songs, includes an unusual accompaniment, almost completely limited to the flugelhorn of Ronnie Buttacavoli and guitar of Josh Sklair, who have terrific solos, and one can hear Etta in the background offering them encouragement.
The best song on the CD is "Willow Weep for Me," a stunning song which she begins a capella and sings as if she were one of the originators of old-time blues. Here she keeps the tempo slow, letting out all her emotion in pure blues style, the accompaniment kept simple and very much in the background.
With jazz and the blues embedded deep in her soul, James is still a fine interpreter, and the musicians with whom she surrounds herself are top notch. Her voice, now very deep and dark, is still fine in the middle and upper ranges. Unfortunately, she sometimes misses notes in the lower range (particularly noticeable on "Time After Time" and "My Funny Valentine"), especially when she tries to sing the lowest notes quietly, rather than at full volume, and she often slides up and down to hit her notes. Because of this, newcomers to this lady and long-time fans might prefer to look for some of the new releases of her earlier work, such as "At Last," a remastered version of her 1960 debut. n Mary Whipple
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