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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eden comes into her own!, August 27, 2002
This disc represents Eden's best work to date - she's freer and definitely more creative. Maybe it's because of the switch in labels, I don't know, but this is a [hip], groovy album. I hope Jon Hendricks gets to hear Eden's version of "O Pato", because it really cooks mightily & she handles his machine-gun lyrics like a pro! She taps into a Julie London- style intimacy on a seductive "Ela a Carioca" that starts off the disc, and never lets you down throughout. Great vocals, great band, great debut on Groove Note - get it!!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I want more....please., November 28, 2003
Eden Atwood has my vote for the best jazz vocalist today, and that doesn't need qualifying as best female, best young, best whatever ethnic or regional background, what I'm saying is I think she is the best jazz singer today period. I had the pleasure of hearing her live, doing many of these tunes, and she is warm, wonderful, funny, but most of all totally musical and artistically compelling. This recording captures her in a well recorded set with some musicians who are obviously good listeners, and capable players. The sound on this CD is exceptional. Put it all together, and you have a record here that will be on top of the stack at your house too.
PS....Don't forget to read the liner notes that come with this CD. There is some very interesting background on Eden, which gave me some clues how she has become such an amazing, engaging performer.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Five stars for Eden, September 22, 2002
Eden has found her voice on this album--literally and metaphorically. There's no hint of a break in her melodic lines, no distinction between a "chest" and a "head" voice. Wisely, she's selected a program of bossa novas to "ease" herself back into the recording studio, but each of the selections has an emotional honesty, along with maturity and playfulness, characteristic of her musical mentors, Shirley Horn and Jimmy Scott. Only "Brazil" betrays a hint of strain (I would have opted for "Waters of March" or another Jobim tune). On the other hand, the fresh reading of a reharmonized "Girl from Ipanema" is a revelation.On the basis of this album, I sense a program of definitive ballad readings from Eden in the near future.
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