Songs and Moments

Songs and Moments Artist: Kevin Mahogany
Label: Enja
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 063757807223
EAN: 0063757807223
ASIN: B000005CAV


Release Date: 1994-09-25

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Tracks:

  1. The Coaster
  2. West Coast Blues
  3. The City Lights
  4. Night Flight
  5. Next Time You See Me
  6. Songs And Moments
  7. Caravan
  8. My Foolish Heart
  9. Red Top
  10. Jim's Ballad
  11. Take The A-Train
  12. When I Fall In Love

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Underappreciated, Fantastic Jazz/Blues Singer.......2006-05-16

This is Kevins first recording. Listen to the Coaster, West Coast Blues, Red Top, WOW!!! My favorite ballad is My Foolish Heart. I gave a copy of this CD to a musician who performs regularly in Chicago. He is still trying to get up the courage to sing My Foolish Heart after hearing Kevin. It just blows you away. Before I forget the version on here of Caravan is incredible. Marvin "Smitty" Smith does a mind blowing drum solo. Once you buy this CD of Kevins you will want to own everything he has done and you should!! They are all good. My personal favorite is this one and the Big Band, Kevin Mahogany.

5 out of 5 stars From blues to scat to ballads.......2000-06-23

Along with Jimmy Scott, Kevin Mahogany is the male jazz singer I find myself listening to most often these days. This CD showcases his wide range, from his scatting on West Coast Blues to his blues singing on Next Time You See Me (In the liner notes,Gene Lees compares his vocal coloration here to Sarah Vaughan.) Mahogany addresses ballads like The City Lights, Jim's Ballad, My Foolish Heart, and When I Fall In Love as well as the Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento's Songs and Moments. Mahogany had been playing baritone sax professionally since the age of 12 when he decided to try for a church scholarship for baritone singers when he was a senior in high school. He got the scholarship and later started a jazz choir when he was in college. The singer's reed playing background is evident in his singing especially when he scats, which he does wonderfully on Caravan, Red Top, Take The A Train and West Coast Blues for instance. On ballads, Mahogany sometimes sounds a bit like Johnny Hartman. The beautiful vibrato is what I notice most on Mahogany's ballads. Listen to When I Fall In Love to hear fully what Kevin Mahogany can do with a ballad.

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