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Trav'lin' Light
by Verve
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Audio CD
Publisher: Verve
Grammy® award-winning recording artist, Queen Latifah, debuts on Verve Records with her new album Trav'lin' Light. On this jazz and R&B influenced album from legendary producers Tommy LiPuma and Ron Fair,Queen Latifah delivers sultry yet powerful performances on a hand-picked mix of familiar classics and forgotten jewels.
With Trav'lin' Light, singer/actress/rapper/Cover Girl Queen Latifah (née Dana Owens) continues her chameleonic pan-stardom. The latest musical chapter in Latifah's success-studded career began with 2004's The Dana Owens Album, on which she emerged as a nuanced crooner of jazz and R&B standards. She continues this mode on her Verve records debut, adding ample individuality to such well-loved classics as Johnny Mercer's title track, Nina Simone's "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," and Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (with legendary harmonica pioneer Toots Thielemans). Steve Wonder's own harmonica playing lends nostalgic ornament to an otherwise rather forced "Georgia Rose," and much of the album languishes in similarly downbeat fare, though Latifah's voice is never wholly unbecoming of her song choices. Toward the album's end comes a welcome swerve for the energetic. Inspiring takes on the Pointer Sisters' "How Long" and Curtis Mayfield's "Gone Away" lead into the soaring choruses of "I Know Where I've Been." Taken together, these three songs superbly straddle the spectrum from the former rapper to the still-newly minted singer with a long lease on success and a peerless sense of how to grow older gracefully. --Jason Kirk
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| Amazing arrangement |
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I liked her last album. So I knew this album would be good too. Oh man, I was impressed by the instrumental arrangement! I didn't know that the arranger for this album, John Clayton got a Grammy award for one of the tracks. I forgot what it was... But anyway since I like his style and arrangement I am going to buy his CD too. If you like the arrangement on this album, you should definitely check out his music too. [...]
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| AMAZING!!!!!! |
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I could not believe this was The Queen. I am a retired singer and always loved Queen Latifah's music, even rap:), and as a gifted actress. I was amazed at the versatility and sultry sounds that came from her wonderful voice. My nieces are teenagers and when I let them here this CD (I didn't tell them it was the Queen), they said that it was good, who is it? I told them Queen Latifah and they did not believe me until they sat there and listened to the entire CD and realized it was her. They have a new appreciation for jazz and blues and see it in a different light. Hail to the Queen!! Music has an amazing affect on teens. My nieces listen to this CD constantly. WOW!!!
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| Trav'lin Right |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I've spent the summer with this album in my car. What a great travel CD!!!
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| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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this cd is bad. it's an easy listen when for a mellow mood. she has a really nice voice. i like it.
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| Another great singing album |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Queen Latifah fails to dissapoint. There is nothing she can't do. She can rap, She can act, and she can SANG! With Trav'Lin Light, She takes on classic songs originally done by Phoebe Snow, The Pointer Sisters, 10cc, Billie Holiday, just to name a few and adds her own, new fresh spin to them. What bothers me is that when it comes to her singing, she does strictly covers which makes me wonder if it's easier for her to write rap lyrics than it is to write jazz, R&B and easy listening lyrics. I think more original non-rap songs would be nice. Adding "I know where I've Been" from Hairspray was a great way to close the album. The voice this woman has makes me wonder why she started out doing rap music in the first place
My Top 5 tracks
1. I'M not in love (Originally by 10cc)
2. Poetry Man (Originally by Phoebe Snow)
3. I know where I've Been
4. I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
5. Tie - Every Woman is A Queen (Wal-Mart Bonus Track and an original song by QL) & Trav'lin Light
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Poetry Man
Georgia Rose
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
Don't Cry Baby
I Love Being Here With You
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
Trav'lin' Light
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
I'm Not In Love
What Love Has Joined Together
How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)
Gone Away
I Know Where I've Bee
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