Eden Atwood - Turn Me Loose (2009)

2014-10-13T15:40:20Z

Eden Atwood - Turn Me Loose (2009)


1.Home (4:01)
2.Don't Fence Me In (3:17)
3.I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (5:41)
4.Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again (3:21)
5.Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) (4:15)
6.Pure Imaginattion (5:29)
7.Ill Wind (4:20)
8.True North (Bonus Track) (4:20)
9.Girl Talk (4:14)
10.Don't Get Around Much Anymore (4:12)
11.The Best Is Yet To Come (3:40)
12.I'll Close My Eyes (4:53)
13.Lazy River (3:09)

Eden Atwood - vocal
David Morgenroth - piano
Chris Colangelo - bass
Joe LaBarbera - drums

Missoula Jazz maven Eden Atwood has just released an album that speaks from her heart. It’s a medley of jazz diamonds rendered in pure Atwood style, and features incomparable sidemen David Morgenroth on piano, Chris Colangelo on bass, and Joe LaBarbera on drums.

It’s not so much Atwood’s vocal sound as her distinctive delivery that grabs the listener. She floats over and around the tunes with superb inflection and command of the jazz lexicon, letting her unparalleled ear lead the way.

Yet something has changed. Her voice is lower, huskier, and it imprints this soulful collection with almost world-weary maturity, lending credence to the songs’ story lines.

Liner notes reveal that Atwood had surgery on her vocal cords in 2007, after overusing and damaging them from singing, teaching, and the demands of raising a child. It was a life-altering experience for her, and this, her first album since then, is a release from the remnants of a previous fast-paced life lived in the jazz worlds of New York, Chicago, and L.A.

She says the musical freedom in Montana has allowed her to stretch out (“no jazz police”), and that “the music isn’t so much in my voice as it is between my ears.” Boy howdy. Check out her cool-breeze take on “I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good” by Webster and Ellington; it morphs into a rockin’ barnburner with Morgenroth’s piano pyrotechnics. There’s her bluesy rendition of Cole Porter’s “Don’t Fence Me In.” And there’s the Latin-esque high-hat, rappin’tappin’ rhythm of “Ill Wind” by Koehler and Arlen, with its contrasting sleepy-eyed vocals. The final tune is Carmichael and Arodin’s “Lazy River,” a rump-wiggling train ride with lots of high wailin’ oohs, flyin’ ivories, and kickin’ percussion.

This album showcases the comfort level Atwood brings to her music. You’ll find it mighty comfy to slip into as well. Visit the artist at www.edenatwood.com. ---Mariss McTucker

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Eden Atwood – No One Ever Tells You (1993)

2010-08-30T22:29:14Z

Eden Atwood – No One Ever Tells You (1993)


01. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Eden Atwood, Hart, Lorenz
02. I Was the Last One to Know – Eden Atwood,
03. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? – Eden Atwood, Austin, Bill
04. Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Eden Atwood, Landesman, Fran
05. Old Devil Moon – Eden Atwood, Harburg, E.Y.
06. Cow Cow Boogie – Eden Atwood, Carter, Benny [1]
07. No One Ever Tells You – Eden Atwood,
08. Too Late Now – Eden Atwood, Lane, Burton
09. Gentle Rain – Eden Atwood,
10. Nothing’s Changed – Eden Atwood,
11. Them There Eyes – Eden Atwood, Pinkard, Maceo

Personnnel:
Eden Atwood (vocals)
Jim Martin (conductor)
Steve Zoloto (alto saxophone)
Brian Budzik, Von Freeman, Edward Peterson (tenor saxophone)
Linda Van Dyke (baritone saxophone)
Rob Parton, Steve Smyth (trumpet)
Paul McKee (trombone)
Laurence Hobgood, Bradley Williams (piano)
Dave Onderdonk (acoustic guitar)
Akio Sasajima (electric guitar)
El Dee Young (bass, vocals)
Doug Hayes, John Whitfield (bass)
Redd Holt, Michael Raynor (drums)
Mark Walker (percussion).

Eden Atwood has been singing all her life. Eden started out in Memphis, TN where she was born in 1969, singing at Shakey's Pizza Parlor at age 3. Since then she has performed all over the world and recorded 9 albums. While a big fan of R and B, gospel and soul, Eden is a jazz singer in the traditional sense of the term. Songs with great melodies, deep, soulful, poetic lyrics and interesting changes are what Eden looks for in songs. "No One Ever Tells You" is a work of hope and optimism but also one of exquisite pain that, under its sunny veneer, masks a surprisingly melancholy heart. Listen to the plaintive vocals of "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" and try not to be impressed by the artist's sensitive delivery.

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