Andy Bey, Shades of Bey - 51m 7s

Tracks & Durations

1. Like A Lover (O Cantador)	4:43
2. Midnight Blue	5:50
3. Get It Straight (Straight, No Chaser)	6:29
4. Pretty Girl (The Starcrossed Lovers)	5:20
5. River Man	4:23
6. Dark Shadows	6:21
7. Believin' It (Half & Half)	3:46
8. Some Other Time	4:13
9. The Last Light Of Evening (Blood Count)	6:59
10. Drume Negrita (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)	2:55

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Review

Jazz vocalist Andy Bey didn't hold back in 1998, but he certainly knew the power of restraint. On Shades of Bey, he covers Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, even Nick Drake's "River Man" with his trademark baritone voice and a strikingly smooth delivery. No melismas here, Bey's tunes gradually unfold with a subtlety you never find in modern vocalists anymore. A great recording, and gorgeous tunes. --Jason VerlindeAs in previous recordings, Bey adds another "shade" to the genius of Billy Strayhorn with his beautiful voice-piano rendition of "Pretty Girl (The Star-Crossed Lovers)" and his spectral interpretation of "The Last Night of the Evening (Blood Count)." Bey also makes an appearance south of the border with his guitar-laced takes of "Drume Negrita (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)," and the Brazilian-blended ballad, "Like a Lover (O Cantador). Add the anthemic original "Believin' It (Half and Half)" and a heartening reading of Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time," and you have ample evidence that Andy Bey is simply the most exciting jazz singer of his generation. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

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