Shirley Horn: May The Music Never End (CD)

Shirley Horn (1934-2005)

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Label:: Verve
Year of recording ca.:: 2003
UPC/EAN:: 0044007602829
Release date:: 24.6.2003

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Legendary vocalist Shirley Horn presents her latest release May the Music Never End, providing us once more with a masterpiece that is just as timeless and inimitable as she is. The self-produced CD confirms what many musicians have been saying about the Grammy award winner for years: she is indeed one of the finest vocalists in jazz music history. With an exclusive fan base that includes Barbara Streisand, Barry Manilow and opera soprano Renee Fleming. The Miles Davis protégé relies only on the magic of her voice in this historical recording. For the first time in her flawless career, because of health concerns, Horn performs without her piano. Instead she permits her long-time protégé George Masterhazy and the veteran Ahmad Jamal to carry out the album’s seamless piano performances. Jamal’s appearances on May the Music Never End are remarkably significant as it is the pianist’s first time as a sidemen on any recording.

One of the most touching performances on the album is Horn’s soulful interpretation of The Beatles classic, “Yesterday”. The introductory re-record “Forget Me” is dedicated to Horn’s late friend singer / poet Valerie Parks Brown. Her sweet rendition of the nostalgic Duke Ellington piece, “Take Love Easy” features Verve labelmate Roy Hargrove on fluegelhorn, as does the emotional “III Wind”. With a select mix of originals and standards, May the Music Never End is an unblemished portrait of why Horn’s legend will continue to be a part of jazz music’s present and future.

Reviews

K.V. Seckendorf in Rolling Stone 7/03: "George Mester- hazy spielt bluesbetonter, diskret, mit spannenden Aus- brüchen. Und Shirley? Singt intensiv wie immer. Schon der unterschwellige Funk der ersten Songs ist aufregender, als es die meisten Nachwuchsdiven wohl je sein werden."