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4.0 out of 5 stars
AN UPCOMING DEVA. A MUST BY, March 15, 1999
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This review is from: I'm Glad There's U (Audio CD)
IM GLAD THERE IS VANESSA RUBIN,and artest like her who keep this form of female artistre alive
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2 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sounds more like Dakota Staton but with less personality..., June 29, 2000
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This review is from: I'm Glad There's U (Audio CD)
This is a tribute by Vanessa Rubin to jazz legend Carmen McRae(who recorded the masterpiece "Carmen Sings Monk") who was heavily influenced by and wrote songs for the legendary Billie Holiday. Rubin sounds more like a mellow Dakota Staton, but a lot less interesting, more along the lines of the blase and very dull Nancy Wilson... However I give her more credit then Natalie Cole, at least Rubin didn't try to do some tacky duet with Ms McRae, the way Cole did with her father. We'll have to wait for someone like Anita O'Day to do a tribute album effectively to Ms McRae. Also the great jazz singer Carol Sloane did a wonderful tribute CD to Carmen McRae called "The Songs Carmen Sang" which is really spectacular, especially since Sloane was a personal friend of McRae's.
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