Amtrak Blues

Artist: Alberta Hunter
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074643643023
EAN: 0074643643023
ASIN: B0000025IC

Release Date: 1990-10-25

Amtrak Blues

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Tracks:

The Darktown Strutters' Ball
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out
I'm Having A Good Time
Always
My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More
Amtrak Blues
Old Fashioned Love
Sweet Georgia Brown
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
I've Got A Mind To Ramble

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Customer Reviews:

Amazing grace.......2006-07-04

We'd never heard of Alberta Hunter until reading a profile of her in The New Yorker, I think by Whitney Balliet, though I wouldn't swear to it. That would have been in about 1981 or so. We couldn't afford full-priced theater or clubs in those days, but the performance sounded great, and Hunter was already 86; God only knew how much longer she'd carry on.

So we headed to The Cookery in Greenwich Village for what proved to be one of the most memorable evenings of jazz we ever heard, and acquired this recording as our souvenir.

It's hard to imagine an 80-something woman singing come-hither jazz hits, but Hunter pulled it off with panache, her long earrings swinging and her eyes twinkling as she gestured with her hands. This recording gives a great taste of what it was like.

Close your eyes while listening, and you can see her standing in the darkened club, singing in a gravely voice, dignified by her age, vast experience and amazing grace. She was a character, and a master at her art.

--Alyssa A. Lappen

Absolutely incredible.......2004-05-24

I'm absolutely blown away by this recording. Alberta Hunter may have been a blues singer but her phrasing and breath control (at 83!) are fantastic. Quite a few jazz singers could learn a thing or two from listening to her.

Her Voice and Her Rhythm are Complex and Unbeatable.......2003-04-09

These 'standards' are anything but; Alberta Hunter's versions are unbeatable. She has that kind of voice and rhythm that seem so natural and yet, like Billie Holiday, defy the human range thus placing her in the pantheon of jazz greats. She is earthy yet refined and completely in touch with the band, she moans and cries at places that you'll find yourself wondering how she got there. "Darktown Strutters Ball", "Georgia Brown" and the intensely down and dirty "My Handyman" are sensual, comic and dramatically original-your body will react- guaranteed. Unpredictably fresh, this late great senior citizen packs all she's got and all we need, right in to each piece. I have given this CD as a gift to many people and they have all been smitten and grateful. Decidedly worthwhile.

Brilliant.......2002-01-15

Produced by John Hammond, this is a simple, sweet, swinging collection that showcases the incredible talent of 83 year old Alberta Hunter. It has the feel of a live recording; the supporting musicians and Miss Hunter are obviously having a grand old time. In a world where every singer thinks he or she is an artist, Alberta Hunter provides an object lesson in real artistry.

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