Come Walk With Me

Martha Lorin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Southport Records
• ASIN: B00004TRZ8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #707,274 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Close Your Eyes (5:46)

2. Come Walk With Me (4:52)

3. Carefuly Taught (4:20)

4. Let's Face The Music And Dance (4:50)

5. The Island (3:46)

6. You've Got A Friend (6:10)

7. On Green Dolphin Street (5:42)

8. Rain Song (3:58)

9. Detour Ahead (5:37)

10. Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'(With Joanie Pallatto)(5:06)

11. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:18)

12. Low Down Blues (5:12)

13. Cinnamon And Clove (4:40)

14. Lush Life Intro (1:42)

15. Lush Life (4:35)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am Proud of this product, August 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Come Walk With Me (Audio CD)

It is a beautiful cd. And when You read the liner notes you will see what it is all about and appreciate this more. Her voice is unique and when you hear it you will agree.

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily Recommended, April 13, 2008

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Steven Jay (Denver CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come Walk With Me (Audio CD)

For her second album, Southport Records has placed Martha Lorin in a variety of instrumental settings that highlight her versatility as a song stylist. Lorin touches all the bases on this session. The rhythms include the tango, Caribbean, swing, blues, slow ballads, and more. Adding to the album's enjoyment are the imaginative arrangements penned by pianist Miles Black, who is also the only musician, other than Lorin, to appear on all the tracks. The play list of 15 includes tunes that are not all that often recorded as well as three originals by Lorin. The musicians are from the Chicago area headed by the dean of the Windy City tenor men, Von Freeman (although Eddie Johnson followers may disagree) and the venerable jazz fiddler Johnny Frigo. While perhaps not having the notoriety of these two greats, the other musicians are nonetheless first-rate. Variety of tempo and delivery is the name of the game throughout this session. Bill Blount's clarinet creates a seductive tango rhythm on "Close Your Eyes." Von Freeman's tenor waxes soulfully on "Carefully Taught" and the classic "On Green Dolphin Street." The arresting combination of Leon Joyce's snare drums and Black's piano are the sole accompaniment on three cuts including a distinctive arrangement of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend." Frigo is more generous with his time than Freeman, appearing on five of the tracks, and he swings with distinction on a Caribbean-influenced arrangement of "Cinnamon and Clove." None of the tempo changes nor different instrumentation arrangements faze Lorin. To the contrary, she is clearly at ease with the shifting scenarios showing excellent phrasing and timing coupled with an intuitive feel for the music. Nowhere is this shown to better effect than on the album's coda, Billy Strayhorn's difficult to sing "Lush Life." Arranged beautifully with Blount's dark, woody middle register clarinet creating the mood befitting Lorin's dark hued voice. While it will not replace the Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane Quartet recording as the seminal version of the tune, it holds up very well in comparison. Ms. Lorin's Come Walk With Me is easily recommended.