Live at Montreux

by Marlena Shaw

Overview

This Blue Note CD reissue is a rarity in its own way for it features the R&Bish singer Marlena Shaw in a more spontaneous setting than usual with a trio led by pianist George Gaffney at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival. It is not too surprising that Shaw found her greatest successes in pop/soul music for the stylized way that she bends nearly every note and overplays the lyrics (not much subtlety here) fits that idiom quite well. She does her best on Annie Ross's "Twisted" but sounds much more comfortable shouting out over r&b vamps, making this recording of limited interest from the jazz standpoint. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/2023
Label:	Universal
UPC:	4988031592748
Rank:	57845

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Marlena Shaw   Primary Artist,Vocals
Barney Perry   Guitar
Harold Jones   Drums
Henry Franklin   Bass
Bobbi Humphrey   Flute
Kevin Toney   Piano,Piano (Electric)
George Gaffney   Piano
Keith Killgo   Drums
Ed Boyer   Bass

Technical Credits

Bob Cato   Art Direction
Chris Penycate   Engineer
Wardell Gray   Composer
Horace Silver   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Michael Cuscuna   Reissue Producer
Renaldo Benson   Composer
Al Cleveland   Composer
Annie Ross   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Dr. George Butler   Producer
Richard Evans   Composer
Bobby Miller   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Marlena Shaw   Composer
Robert Miller   Composer
Fred Valentine   Photography
Franko Caligiuri   Reissue Design
John Williams   Cover Design
Jerome Kern   Composer
Bob Dorough   Composer