This is a remarkable and powerful jazz recording by a remarkable blues singer. We've listened to it hundreds of times and it seems to sound better each time.
After a couple of numbers I was hooked! The singing has such ‘feel’ to it and the music and vocals sound live - like in a little club somewhere, where the sound just envelops you and you just know it’s a top night and one that won’t be forgotten easily! The band is superb, with many brilliant little solos. Etta warbles with great emotion, she doesn’t need to break into overdrive, her renditions of the ‘Great American Songbook’ are right up there with the likes of Ella and Frank! Someone on here said that this was one of her best albums and I can see exactly why they would say that.
I suspect that I have purchased 20 or more copies of this CD over the years. I love it, in the friends that I have gifted it to have loved it as well. It's one of my top three CDs of all time. Etta James and a nice Cabernet Sauvignon can fix a bad day.