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Heather Bambrick: It's About Time
ByIt's About Time, Bambrick's debut, glowsarrangements (especially those horns), song selection, songwriting on Bambrick's part, and the singer's very assured perfect pitch vocal delivery.
Bambrick takes some delicious risks, taking on the much-covered "Stormy Weather," rendering the tune fittingly dark and ominous, and making it sound like her own; and also the elastic-lined vocal on Cole Porter's classic "Love for Sale." Bambrick is first and foremost a jazz singer in the mode of Ella Fitzgerald or Rosemary Clooney; but having said that, the song that really kicks this disc over the top is her cover of Prince's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
I'm not a Prince fan. His Purple Highness persona and that "Artist Formerly Known As..." malarky seemed a tad pretentious, so I've never given an album of his a fair spin; but this is a song! and Heather Bambrick's take on it sounds as if it could have been introduced by Wolfman Jack on XERB Soul Radio out of Baja California in the late sixties (with the Wolfman wondering whether the singer's peaches were sweet, of course). A plaintive saxophone leads in, then Bambrick croons sad and sweet and soulfultruly classic! How this songand the whole CD, for that matterisn't jumping up a radio chart somewhere is a mystery.
This one's a winner!
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Track Listing
(Sing) Joyspring, That's Falling in Love, Maybe, Love for Sale, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Night Night, Smiley, Stormy Weather, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?, Aren't I Cute?, That's All, Let Me Fish off Cape St. Mary's
Personnel
Heather Bambrick
vocalsHeather Bambrick--vocals; David Braid--piano; Michael McClennan--bass; Davide DiRenzo--drums; David Occhipinti--guitar; Mike Murley--tenor and soprano saxophones; Peter Smith--tenor saxophone; Chase Sanborn--trumpet; William Carn--trombone
Album information
Title: It's About Time | Year Released: 2004 | Record Label: Unknown label
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About Heather Bambrick
Instrument: Vocals
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