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Better Than Anything

Nnenna Freelon

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Audio CD (January 15, 2008)
Original Release Date: January 15, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Concord Records
ASIN: B0010Z7RH8
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,053 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2. I Won't Dance 4:33 $0.99

3. Straighten Up And Fly Right 3:23 $0.99

4. Nature Boy 4:13 $0.99

5. Them There Eyes 5:11 $0.99

6. I Say A Little Prayer 4:16 $0.99

7. Body And Soul 4:52 $0.99

8. Button Up Your Overcoat 4:56 $0.99

9. The Tears Of A Clown 7:26 Album Only

10. Ooh Child 5:11 $0.99

11. One Child At A Time 3:57 $0.99

12. Balm In Gilead 4:48 $0.99

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Nnenna Freelon is, simply, one of the greatest jazz vocalists of our time. She is without question the very epitome of music elegance expressed as excellence. This premium collection was specifically chosen and sequenced to present the powerful scope and expanse of Nnenna's artistic appeal.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite., January 22, 2008

By	tois (France) - See all my reviews

This is the QUINTESSENTIAL Nnenna Freelom CD.
Nnenna delivers an exquisite collection of songs that alternates between Soul and Smooth Jazz.
She combines a smooth alto voice with a brash, almost aggressive, style of phrasing
"Better Than Everything" shows her musical class particularly on cuts like "I Say A Little Prayer", "Body And Soul" and "Better Than Everything".
I heard one track on a local jazz radio station, I was delighted.
I hunted Nnenna down on Amazon and found this terrific album, which has just come out.
It is a MUST have CD.
It's never boring, it is great music to have playing in the background when you are trying to concentrate.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Be bop a lula!!!, June 4, 2008

By	Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I've always wondered what Jazz songstress Nnenna Freelon's music sounded like, especially as she shares her first name with my wonderful cousin. A friend of mine gave this CD to me, and it is apparently a collection of some of her best.

I love the big band Jazz sound with big bass, horns, and skatting a-plenty. Opening cut "Better than anything" (in which she declares "Better than four sets of Dizzie, Count Basie's band... being on Oprah or Letterman, winning the lottery, better than anything than being in love"), "Nature boy", and the Latin-tinged "I won't dance" are fine examples of this.

Her version of "Straighten up and fly right" is so different, just male acapella vocals (Gospel group take 6) and fingersnaps accompany her vocals. Interesting and nice. "I say a little prayer" is a conga-fest, while "The tears of a clown" (performed live) is a tender spare piano ballad.

Closing is the piano "Balm in Gilead", a gospel song given the Jazz treatment. I love the soulful vocal crescendo towards the end. Soothing as a balm.

Lovely! I'll be on the look out for more from Ms Freelon.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nnenna Freelon's brilliance., February 28, 2008

By	Alessandro Mantega "Halowdance" (Quartu S.E., Cagliari Italy) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great setlist. Encyclopedic musical tour de force by a Diva. Maybe her best album.
I'm a fan. And you?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than anything
Nnenna is one of the best Jazz vocalist and here she make this standards her own, I like the twist of melody in this songs and Nnenna sounds fantastic as always

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5.0 out of 5 stars Neena is great
Saw her live twice and really love her take on some standards and her originals. Treats the audience really special. This recording is a great example of her work.

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NNENA FREELONs songbook including many of her best songs in this compillation from CONCORD plus two live ones . Read more

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