Roots Blues & Jazz

Bonnie Bramlett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Zoho Music
• ASIN: B000EBGFKO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,459 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Won't Let Me Go When I'm Lonely, June 25, 2006

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roots Blues & Jazz (Audio CD)

Bonnie's new CD builds on the strengths of the amazing "I'm Still the Same" from 2002. She sings some standards, freshens the familiar, and offers originals on this excellent set. One of my very favorites is her treatment of Joe Zawinul's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" that was a hit back in the 60s for the Buckinghams. With Roddy Smith's searing guitar, she rips into the melody and tears the emotion off the bone with a savage proclamation of love, "There is no girl in the whole world that can love him like I do." Another of my favorites is the Bramlett original "Gotcha" with its jazz groove and Bonnie's vocals alternating between boil & simmer, "Love came & hit me straight on the lips, the longer the kisses, the sweeter it gets." Stephen Stills' classic "Love the One You're With" is given a Stax-style makeover with Jessie Lucas and Robbie Montgomery who worked with Bonnie as part of the Ikettes making this track snap, crackle & pop. Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" is given a sterling treatment with the build from its soft beginning to the full-bodied climax. Bonnie's original "Carefree" is an excellent upbeat tune. Nat Adderley's "Work Song" is given a good interpretation. Bonnie goes swing on Chuck Berry's "No Particular Place to Go" that is a bold departure. The set ends with a smoky torch rendition of "Harlem Nocturne," "The melody clings around my heart strings, it won't let me go when I'm lonely." "Roots, Blues & Jazz" is a searing set, well worth the search. Enjoy!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musical Equivalent of a big, juicy novel!, July 11, 2006

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Nelson Aspen "Author/Journalist" (Los Angeles & NYC, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Roots Blues & Jazz (Audio CD)

I only recently discovered this talented singing artist's great music and this CD is the best one of all that I've collected so far. She sounds better than ever and her passion for the lyrics and song styling is evident in every track. It is rich and soulful and wrenching. Lots of emotion and heart.

Do yourself a favor and pick up this great, multi-track CD. It is a great assortment of material...with long playing versions skillfully arranged and performed.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The World's Greatest White Soul/Blues Singer Is Back!, July 1, 2006

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Music Maven "R Keating" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roots Blues & Jazz (Audio CD)

One of the greatest crimes in the history of Music is that Bonnie Bramlett is more known for playing Roseanne's waitress pal than she is for her amazing singing. Bonnie Bramlett is now and has always been the "White Queen Of Soul" - throw in her amazing talent for singing Rock, Gospel and Country Rock and you have one of the greatest singers of the 20th Century.

This CD does not let us Bonnie Bramlett fans down. She's as good, if not better, than ever! This writer became a fan in a little club in Los Angeles in 1968. As we used to say back then "Bonnie blew my mind!". 38 years later and she's still doing it.

Keep 'em comin', Bonnie! You are the very BEST!