Etta James, Blue Gardenia - 1h 7m 22s

Tracks & Durations

1. This Bitter Earth	4:20
2. He's Funny That Way	6:00
3. In My Solitude	5:16
4. There Is No Greater Love	5:18
5. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	5:18
6. Love Letters	3:59
7. These Foolish Things	5:14
8. Come Rain Or Come Shine	5:39
9. Don't Worry 'Bout Me	5:52
10. Cry Me a River	5:02
11. Don't Blame Me	5:01
12. My Man	5:09
13. Blue Gardenia	5:07

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Review

Putting her age-deepened voice to another set of small-group versions of jazz and pop standards, Etta James makes Blue Gardenia a personal statement of mellow truth. Again in the company of pianist Cedar Walton, James inhabits "These Foolish Things," "Cry Me a River," and nearly a dozen others with her blues-drenched, hard-lived sensibility. Ever hopeful and apparently still a deep-dish romantic, James comfortably yet intently engages with the classic material--right down to her occasionally punctuating a lyric or a lick with a knowing "yeah." While most of the album has the feel of a last set in a dark club, she acquits herself well with the single left-field entry, growling her way through a samba arrangement of the '60s soul hit "Love Letters" with aplomb. Other than that, there are few surprises here. The feeling is the point, though, and it's fine. --Rickey Wright

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