"Bridgewater was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and she still feels a spiritual connection with the city and its music. On this album, she puts her love of vintage soul and blues front and center. The songs were recorded at Royal Recorders, the Bluff City studio where producer Willie Mitchell cut a string of hits with Al Green in the '70s, and Willie's son Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell co-produced these sessions. Mitchell pulled together a splendid studio band for this album, including a few members of the old Hi Rhythm Section, and they deliver a superb set of soulful grooves, at once swampy and emphatic, with John Stoddart's electric piano, Jackie Clark's bass, and James "Bishop" Sexton's drums generating just the right amount of funk. With a top-shelf soul band cooking behind her, Dee Dee Bridgewater steps up as a top-shelf soul singer, smooth when she should be, good and gritty when she wants to be, and sounding tough, passionate, and firmly in command at all times." (Mark Deming, Allmusic; 4 uit 5 sterren)
Nederlands
| Titel | Memphis... yes I'm ready |
| Auteur | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | Okeh / Sony Music, 2017 |
| Overige gegevens | 1 disc |
| Annotatie | Tracks: (1) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Yes, I'm Ready (original by Barbara Mason); (2) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Giving Up (Van McCoy; firstly recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips); (3) Dee Dee Bridgewater - I Can't Get Next To You (Whitfield & Strong; originally recorded by The Temptations); (4) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Going Down Slow (original by St. Louis Jimmy); (5) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (original by Staple Singers); (6) Dee Dee Bridgewater - B.A.B.Y. (Hayes & Porter; firstly recorded by Carla Thomas); (7) Dee Dee Bridgewater - The Thrill Is Gone (original by Roy Hawkins; made famous by B.B. King); (8) Dee Dee Bridgewater - The Sweeter He Is (Hayes & Porter; originally recorded by The Soul Children); (9) Dee Dee Bridgewater - I Can't Stand The Rain (original by Ann Peebles); (10) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Don't Be Cruel (original by Elvis Presley); (11) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Hound Dog (Leiber/Stoller; originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton); (12) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Try A Little Tenderness (Campbell/Connelly/Woods; this version based on Otis Redding's rendition); (13) Dee Dee Bridgewater - (Take My Hand) Precious Lord (original by Rev. Thomas Dorsey). |
| PPN | 412719746 |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Soul ; Jazz - Vocaal |
