Three AM

Gretchen Lieberum

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00001U08E
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,246 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Method to the Madness

2. The Bed's Too Big Without You

3. Jumped the Gun

4. Bottle Rocket

5. Green Apple

6. North Star

7. Orion

8. These Things

9. Love Divine

10. Three AM

11. Angel Eyes

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

While a Senior at Berkeley High School, Gretchen Lieberum entered the Reno International Jazz Festival and Competition, and won first place in the Jazz Vocal Solo Category. She began writing songs while singing for a funk band she started in college with bassist Mike Cruz called Supersauce, playing at venues such as the Filmore in San Francisco and The Catalyst in Santa Cruz. Several years later, she started jamming and writing songs with piano man Jacob Aginsky, eventually creating the music that became Gretchen's debut solo CD, Three AM.

Three AM, completed in March of 1999, was produced by Greg Poree, who has worked as a musician and as a producer with artists such as Cassandra Wilson, Sting, Vinx, and Stevie Wonder. Gretchen recently made her first music video for the single "These Things", directed by Jacob Estes and Danny Passman.

Product Description

Acoustic bass, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion, drums, Rhodes, D.J., cello, trumpet and vocals combine to form the Jazz and Acid Jazz inspired original music of Three AM. Vocalist/Lyricist Gretchen Lieberum lists such diverse artists as Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, Sting, Spearhead, and Cassandra Wilson as influences.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars criminally overlooked...., May 28, 2002

By	Christopher S. Hong "chrishongrocks" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

How Ms. Lieberum is still relatively undiscovered is beyond me. I'm not a big fan of vocal jazz and when I first read about this album it was described as vocal jazz so it didn't initally pique my interest. But I saw this album on Amazon and read up a little more on her and her music and I got this CD. It's probabaly one of the best albums I've heard in a while. This album is incredible in its style, musicianship, songwriting and above all originality. What do you call this? Haute Hop? Trip Bop? To classify her just as vocal jazz is pretty unfair. Ms. Lieberum's combination of straight ahead vocal jazz with trip hop makes for an incredibly interesting and enjoyable listen. Highly, highly, highly recommended for anyone who likes intelligent, original, listenable music.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You ought to listen to an album like this., September 24, 1999

By A Customer

Somebody once told me that good music organizes your imagination. Well let me tell you that this music does that and then some. The first time I put it on it took me on a trip. As a working record producer and a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., I am always relieved and grateful to hear a female voice who's speaking about reality in her music rather than just talking the talk with some silver pants cause Puff Daddy gave her a check and said go. I get tired of all these wanna-be R&B "soul singers" who pop themselves around like they've got something urgent and mean to say when all that comes out of their mouths is a constant stream of cotton candy. This album by Gretchen that I just bought is real, my friends--straight from the heart and it's a big heart too. Listen up: her lyrics are deep and the music has got layers that'll make you go "God damn!". Listen to an album like this and you'll remember why you care about music.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ynk7, August 8, 2003

By A Customer

I found this cd while looking for anything by Norah Jones.Im very happy to have found this artist.The cd is awesome,and jumped the gun is absolutely one of the best songs in a long time.This disk is must have,especially if you love female vocalists like I do.