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| Well You Needn't |
| Mina Agossi |
| első megjelenés éve: 2006 |
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| (2006)
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| 6.874 Ft
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| 1. | Why Don't You Do Right?
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| 2. | Don't Look at Me
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| 3. | Well You Needn't!
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| 4. | Drive
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| 5. | May I Sit at Your Table?
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| 6. | Father's Talk
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| 7. | Ghost of Yesterday
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| 8. | You
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| 9. | Voodoo Chile
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| 10. | Rose Petals
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| 11. | After You've Gone
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| 12. | Laundry Man Blues
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| 13. | Au Bois de Boulogne [*]
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| 14. | [Untitled Track]
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Jazz / Vocal, Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Alan Bates Executive Producer, Liner Notes
Dave Sinclair Photography
Ichiro Onoe Drums
Mina Agossi Guimbri, Composer, Producer, Guiro, Vocals
Nieves Pascua-Bates Design, Photography
Rob Henke Trumpet
Drum'n'bass, the spartan backing which Mina employs is an essential part and parcel of her persona. "When I sing a song by Monk, he teaches me about Monk. I cannot sing the songs in 2005 just trying to conjure up an image of the 60s. I cannot sing standards in the same way as the masters with my young friends of 30 years old." - Mina says. This is evidenced by her take on the opener - 'Why Don't You do Right?' made famous by Peggy Lee. She performs the number in her trademark languid style, underpinned by the hypnotic groove generated by her two rhythm masters. Mina also has a predilection for the work of Jimi Hendrix and captures the essence of Hendrix probably better than anyone else. 'Voodoo Chile' seems in a sense to have been written for her, so intense is the drive and emotion she conveys.
Mina Agossi offers listeners her unique singing talents on Well You Needn't, a 12-track recording that features songs as varied as her creative muse. Five tracks written by Agossi feature the rarely heard African kamala n' goni played to perfection by Bachir Sanogo while the other side of Agossi's musical personality pays tribute to such versatile musicians as Jimi Hendrix on "Voodoo Chile" and to Thelonious Monk on "Well You Needn't." Known throughout Europe for the use of her voice as an instrument and charismatic personality, Agossi's renditions of these songs have sparked a new interest in her vocal, drum, and bass style, which was evident in her first two recordings released in France. Agossi's free improvisations are what make this recording memorable and her fresh approach to vocal jazz (the use of her voice as a horn and guitar) is reminiscent of Carla Cook's and Suzanne Pittson's innovative vocal eccentricities. However, "Why Don't You Do Right?" is the sexiest and probably the best song on this record. ~ Paula Edelstein, Rovi
Mina Agossi
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1972 in France
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Vocal Jazz
Born in 1972, the half-French, half-Beninese Mina Agossi spent much of her youth studying in and traveling to places like Niger, Morocco, and Ivory Coast. While in school for theater in France, a local saxophonist gave her 500 francs to sing on-stage with him, and although Agossi had had no formal experience in music, she immediately fell in love with performing and decided to pursue singing as a career. In 1993 she joined her first group, a swing and New Orleans jazz band that played gigs in France and Ireland. As she became more interested in modern jazz, the young singer decided to start recording under her own name, releasing a few bare-boned jazz albums in Europe. Bringing her own interpretation to jazz brought Agossi her fair share of critics and fans alike, and she began receiving offers to sing with artists like Archie Shepp, Mukta, and Adam Pieronscyk. In 2001, soon after September 11, Agossi recorded her live album EZ Pass to Brooklyn with Alexander Hiele on bass and Bertrand Perrin on drums, the same group that accompanied her on her next record, Carrousel. In 2004 the British label Candid signed Agossi, releasing Zaboum!! in Europe the following year and Well You Needn't in 2006.
---Marisa Brown, Rovi |
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