I can describe the latest release from Jazz sensation Gabriela Anders for you with just one word... Outstanding!
Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.
These days it"s a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.
Overall Wanting is a solid release. Quite possibly Gabriela Anders"s best to date. Really spectacular from beginning to end. If you"re even mildly into Jazz music you"ll enjoy this album.
While this entire album is really very good some of my favorites are track 2 - The Girl From Ipanema, track 5 - You Know What It"s Like, and track 12 - Basileira
My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Fire Of Love. What a nice track!
Wanting Release Notes:
Gabriela Anders originally released Wanting on August 25, 1998 on the Warner Bros. Records label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. Fire Of Love 2. Girl From Ipanema, The 3. Wanting 4. Forever - (with Eric Benet) 5. You Know What It"s Like 6. Seven Days 7. Just An Hour 8. Fantasia 9. I"ll Be Loving You 10. Forgetting Is So Long 11. Feels So Good 12. Basileira
Personnel: Gabriela Anders, Eric Benet (vocals); Boney James (soprano saxophone); Kirk Whalum, Larry Williams (tenor saxophone); Jerry Hey, Oscar Brashear, Rick Braun (trumpet); Bill Reichenbach (trombone); Frank Marocco (accordion); Gregg Karukas, George Duke, Alain Mallet, Leon Bisquera, Tim Hientz, Allan Samms, Werner "Vana" Gierig (keyboards); Paul Jackson Jr., Nils, Jeff Lockhart, Duke Levine, Claudio Raggazzi, Amadeo Pace (guitar); Larry Kimpel, Baron Browne, Byron Miller, Alex Alvear (bass); Li"l John, Abe Laboriel Jr., Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Carlos Vega, Simone Pace (drums); Kevin Richard, Luis Conte (percussion); Eugene Ruffolo, Bridgette Bryant (background vocals).
Producers: George Duke, Paul Brown, Alain Mallet.