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One on One

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Both "Love Is Here" and "As You Are", from the classic Pharoah Sanders LP "Love Will Find A Way" are the sole reason I bought this CD. (Alas, the Sanders LP hasn't made it to CD yet, but a 3rd track, also featuring Phyllis, "Everything I Have Is Good", can be found on "Melancholy Fire: The Best Of Norman Connors" CD). These two songs capture a level of skill, imagination and elegance that is obviously missing from most of the other songs on "One On One".

Two show tunes from "Sophisticated Ladies" might be of interest to many Hyman fans. Not this one...

"Maybe Tommorrow" with Levi Stubbs and "Survivor" with Joe Cocker (especially the later) are decent examples of 80's pop rock-n-soul.

"Obsession" with Lonnie Smith is a solid, well-crafted song that has withstood the test of time and should appeal to almost anyone.

A real surprise find for me was "Remember Who You Are", a classic love ballad that fits Phyllis to a tee. Like several of the songs on this CD I'd never heard this one before.

Three songs are mediocre vault material at best. How did Phyllis get roped into the flimsy and tedious "Leavin'The Good Life Behind" or the inane "Do Me" for instance?

"One On One" is a grab bag of disparate styles and uneven quality, but there are some real finds here for the diehard Phyllis Hyman fan!

Buy this, if only for the very rare recordings it contains. The MUST HAVE on this CD is "Maybe Tomorrow," a duet with Levi Stubbs from the Four Tops. What a combination of soaring vocal talents! This song gives me chills just thinking about it. If you are amassing a Phyllis Hyman collection, snap this one up. It also has cuts from her Tony award-nominated performance in "Sophisticated Ladies." Her voice was born to wrap around the songs of Duke Ellington. If only she had recorded more of them before she took her life!

One of the best Albums Ever! Bring back all those memories, you won't regret it!

The tune "As You Are" was recently clanging around in my head with Phyllis's beautiful voice and Pharoah Sander's raw saxophone playing. And this led me to finding this "album" ( Yeah, I'm "Old School" ) here on Amazon... So, Yes, I will be ordering this CD... To me this song in many ways captures the true essence of Jazz in the 1970s, albeit the late 1970s... Very "raw" and very real, just before everything started going all electronic and stuff... It definitely takes me back.

This compilation consists of Phyllis' guest appearances for other artists. The songs I love on this CD are "Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)" "Love Is Here" and "As You Are." "Leaving the Good Life Behind" and "Do Me" are below Phyllis. She's too much of a good singer to have even been asked to even record those two songs. "Obsession" is an ok song. "Remember Who You Are" and "Maybe Tomorrow" are two duets fit Phyllis. Other songs on this are from "Sophisticated Ladies." If you're a Phyllis Hyman fan and a completist [like me], this is a must have. These are rare tracks that are hard to find. All in all, it's a nice CD, and Phyllis' voice is magnificent.