General Article name: Born to Be Blue
Genre: Jazz Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: DOXY Number of tracks: 13 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Kenney, Beverly - Born to Be Blue Kenney, Beverly - Isn't It a Pity Kenney, Beverly - For All We Know Kenney, Beverly - It Only Happens When I Dance With You Kenney, Beverly - Again Kenney, Beverly - I Walk a Little Faster Kenney, Beverly - Go Away, My Love! Kenney, Beverly - Beyond The Next Hill Kenney, Beverly - It's a Blue World Kenney, Beverly - Vanity Kenney, Beverly - Somewhere Along the Way Kenney, Beverly - Where Can I Go Without You   Tracklist LP - 2 2.   Description Description

Born to Be Blue captures Beverly Kenney at her most intimate and compelling. Created in collaboration with arrangers Hal Mooney and Charles Albertine, the music channels the emotional depth of the blues with startling clarity, employing Kenney's deep, commanding vocals to vividly poignant effect. Mooney and Albertine forgo excess and sentimentality in favor of stark simplicity, architecting taut modern jazz contexts that shift the spotlight squarely on Kenney's vocals. Her readings of familiar songs like "For All We Know" are forged from both resiliency and vulnerability, articulating an emotional depth matched by few singers of her era. [This is the 2007 Universal reissued of the LP; an import-only Japanese CD was released in 1999.] Jason Ankeny

Jason Ankeny

Contributors Artist: Beverly Kenney Record Label: Doxy Records