chez Blue Note !!! (Impressionnant déjà les reviews
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J'ai eu l'occasion d'écouter un titre... Elle a pas changé
d'un iota... C'est toujours Top Classe et d'une qualité remarquable
Voici la playlist :
1. You're My Everything (5:02)
2. How Could You (4:21)
3. In My
Heart (5:06)
4. Serious (5:25)
5. How Does It Feel (4:42)
6. Like You Used To Do
(5:11)
7. Close Your Eyes (4:42)
8. You're My Everything Revisited (1:12)
9. I Can't
Sleep (5:08)
10. Men In My Life (3:36)
Le lien vers son site officiel : http://www.anitabaker.org/
Et une interview donnée récemment :
Q. [color=cyan]Who are your biggest music
influences?
A. My influences are very obvious in my music: Sarah
Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald -- those two are the source. Beyond that, it's a mix of various
sounds I heard as a kid. Growing up in Detroit during the '70s, I was exposed to all kinds of
music just listening to the radio. Back then a typical station would play Stevie Wonder and Billy
Preston, followed by Grand Funk Railroad, then some more rock or pop songs after that. Then
at night, in the summer when it was too hot to sleep, we'd listen to the jazz stations. All that
influenced the development of my own sound.
Q. There is a
focus in modern R&B on young girl groups. Do you feel it's harder now for a mature female
R&B singer to be heard?
A. No, at least in my case, that hasn't
been a problem. I developed a fairly specific sound and core fanship early in my career.
Audiences, for the most part, knew pretty early on what to expect from me musically, even if it
wasn't one specific style.
Q. It's been reported that you
had finished a new album a year ago but that something happened, that the tapes were
apparently destroyed, and you had to start over. What's the story behind that?
A. Well, I'll just say that there's always a problem with albums,
hurdles to jump over. It's just a bunch of stops and starts, studio breakdowns, and in my case
those things just piled up. Also, part of the difficulty was that I've always preferred to use
vintage recording equipment. I feel it leads to a more authentic sound, but it also brings about
more equipment breakdowns and requires more maintenance. You could say such equipment
is more temperamental.
Q. How has your perspective about
being a recording artist changed since you started putting out albums 20 years
ago?
A. I'm at a point when I just do what I want and hope my
audience trusts me enough to go along. A lot has gone down since I recorded my
breakthrough albums. I got married and had two kids shortly after "Rapture" came out, and
since then I've buried both my parents and my stepmother, who I was very close to. I've
experienced a lot of living since my first two albums came out, and my next one will be a
statement about where I've been during that period and where I'm at today.
Q.
What's your take on the current state of rap and R&B?
A. I'm proud of the young women in the music industry, like Jill
Scott, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones. They're the princess
warriors of the tradition. Even to see the tornadoes that Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey
have gone through in recent years. To some extent, I can empathize with them and appreciate
their perseverance. As for hip-hop, there's a lot of negative energy being traded upon today,
but I prefer to remain silent and not feed into that currency. I like to keep my perspective
positive.
I'm a White Free Passionated Funkateer and I'm Proud !
