Home » Search Center » Results: Tales Of Wonder: Celebrating Stevie Wonder

Results for "Tales Of Wonder: Celebrating Stevie Wonder"

Advanced search options

Album

Tales Of Wonder: Celebrating Stevie Wonder

By Nnenna Freelon

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: Get It All; These Are Soulful DaysOverjoyed; Creepin

255

Article: Album Review

Nnenna Freelon: Tales of Wonder: Celebrating Stevie Wonder

by Dave Nathan
October 1, 2002

For her latest album, Nnenna Freelon has set aside what she calls the music of her parents to pay tribute to one of the most talented artists of her day, Stevie Wonder. For me, this album is a curious homage. Instead of capturing the joy of Wonder's music, Freelon sings as if she were worshiping at ...

227

Article: Album Review

Nnenna Freelon: Tales Of Wonder: Celebrating Stevie Wonder

by Jim Santella
September 1, 2002

By interpreting these songs in her own jazz style, Nnenna Freelon has given them new life. Sure, there’s a drummer’s backbeat and lots of surround-sound harmony floating around her. But each piece takes on a slower appearance in Freelon’s hands. She soothes each one into a lush ballad that writhes and circles its path over a ...