Esther Phillips Black Eyed Blues (soul blues)(flac)[rogercc][h33t]

Esther Phillips Black-Eyed Blues
Original Released : 1973
Released on CD : 2003
Label: Kudo
Format : Flac



Esther Phillips was perhaps too versatile for her own good, at least commercially speaking; while she was adept at singing blues, early R&B, gritty soul, jazz, straight-up pop, disco, and even country, her record companies often lacked a clear idea of how to market her, which prevented her from reaching as wide an audience as she otherwise might have. An acquired taste for some, Phillips' voice had an idiosyncratic, nasal quality that often earned comparisons to Nina Simone, although she herself counted Dinah Washington as a chief inspiration.


Tracklist:
01. Justified 05:35
02. I've Only Known A Stranger 03:32
03. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 06:44
04. Black-Eyed Blues 06:12
05. Too Many Roads 04:37
06. You Could Have Had Me, Baby 07:31
07. Tangle In Your Lifeline 04:53 *

Bonus Track prev unreleased



Personnel inc.
Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm (tp)
Pepper Adams (bs)
Jerry Dodgion (as)
Tim Hinkley (p,el-p)
Charlie Brown (g)
Ron Carter (b)
Ian Wallace (d)
Joshie Armstead, Carl Carldwell, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas (background vcl)
Pee Wee Ellis (as, arr,cond)
with Max Ellen, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Irving Spice (vln)
Alfred Brown, Emanuel Vardi (viola)
Anthony Sophos, Alan Shulman (cello)
Bob James (strings arr)