1 	Individuality (Can I Be Me?) 	4:53
2 	Sista 	3:59
3 	Will You Remember Me? 	6:17
4 	I Forgive You 	5:30
5 	I Gotta Go 	5:06
6 	Why You Wanna Mess It All Up? 	5:30
7 	Gaia 	5:44
8 	Run To Me 	4:04
9 	Reflections Of My Heart 	5:10
10 	Satified 	5:32
11 	I Can Explain 	8:02

Jonathan Butler - Guitar, Vocals
Lenny Castro - Percussion
George Duke - Guitar, Keyboard Overdubs, Keyboards
Rachelle Ferrell - Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Jef Lee Johnson - Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards
Kenny Lattimore - Vocals (Background)
Tony Maiden - Guitar
Byron Miller - Bass
Lori Perry - Vocals (Background)
Lil John Roberts - Drums

Ferrell's rich, textured voice strokes these often-formulaic songs along. Dipping into modern pop, R&B, gospel, and jazz, Ferrell paints some splendid portraits here (even if she does tend to over-sing her lines occasionally). Best is the funky "Satisfied," an amalgam of everything Individuality (Can I Be Me?) sets out to be. A breakthrough album from a behind-the-scenes artist deserving more. --- Michael Gallucci, Rovi

The voice! On Individuality Rachelle Ferrell's astonishing instrument (as it certainly deserves to be called) soars and swoops through a six-octave range, which makes her a rarity in the modern R&B of nubile sopranos. Ferrell is as comfortable delivering a deep, velvety growl as a soprano soar. Her work as a jazz singer-songwriter has clearly sharpened her vocal technique and added a perceptive subtlety to the arrangements that accompany it, which dwell in sweet 'n' lowdown, unplugged bass territory. Individuality is a compact, intensely personal album. It covers topics from sisterhood ("Sista") to jilted love ("I Gotta Go"), all through the eyes of a mature woman. With this album's unslick production and sincerity, Ferrell continues to set herself apart from the pack, expanding the parameters of R&B to accommodate her and her voice, not vice versa. --Lizz Mendez Berry, Editorial Reviews, amazon.com

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1. Claude Nobs Intro (1:08)
2. You Send Me (5:18)
3. You Don’t Know What Love Is (5:59)
4. Don’t Waste Your Time (5:00)
5. My Funny Valentine (8:30)
6. I Can Explain (8:02)
7. I’m Special (5:55)
8. Bye Bye Blackbird (4:34)
9. Prayer Dance (6:31)
10. With Every Breath I Take (8:41)
11. Me Voila Seul (7:40)
12. On Se Reveillera (9:53)

Rachelle Ferrell – Vocals,Piano
Doug Nally – Drums
Eddie Green – Piano
Tyrone Brown – Bass
George Duke, Brian Simpson – Keyboards
Larry Kimpel – Bass
John Roberts – Drums
Jonathan Butler – Guitar

The title of this album is somewhat misleading. This is not a collection of songs covering appearances by Rachelle Ferrell during the period 1991-1997. They are from just two visits to Montreux, mostly in 1991. If you didn't know that Ferrell is supposedly possessed of a range of more than six octaves...which exceeds the four or five that Peruvian singer Yam Sumac had... you will find out quickly after putting this CD in the player...and she never lets you forget it. But her idiosyncratic, some might use the term distorted, way with the music seems to have little to do with her wide vocal range. Rather, it's just her way of presenting the music. There are yips, yaps and other assorted noise on such cuts as "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "Don't Waste Your Time". Being idiosyncratic and free wheeling in and of themselves are not bad and more often than not, quite good as long as the eccentricities still make the music accessible to the listener. On this CD, it's a mixed bag. "I'm Special" is a lovely R & B tinged ballad where Ferrell's vocalizing, while distinctly expressive and impassioned, has a modicum of discipline to it. Her affectations actually work to her advantage on "Bye, Bye Blackbird" which she kicks off with just Tyrone Brown's deep pitched bass behind her before seguing into a wildly swinging, scatting version of this tune. Eddie Green gets plenty of solo time on piano on this cut. The last two cuts are from a July 1997 appearance and are done in French, much to the delight of the crowd. But here Ferrell moves to one of the higher octaves on "On Se Reveillera". The result is a lovely presentation, but the diction suffers. "Me Voila Seul" done at a lower pitch is more satisfactory. George Duke shows up on some cuts with his smooth jazz keyboards.

Ferrell fans will enjoy this set immensely, others may have to take it in more than one sitting. Overall, the extra time is worth it because she truly has an one of a kind set of pipes. ---Dave Nathan, allaboutjazz.com

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1. Satisfied
2. Sista
3. I Forgive You
4. My Funny Valentine
5. Autumn Leaves
6. Bye Bye Blackbird
7. Thank You, Lord

Personnel
Rachelle Ferrell - vocals, keyboards
Morris Pleasure - keyboards
Billy Oldum - guitar
Dwayne “Smitty” Smith - bass
Rick Jordan – drums

Estival Jazz, Piazza Della Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland July 5, 2008

Rachelle Ferrell (b. 1961, Berwyn, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and musician. Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B, pop, gospel, and classical music scene, she is most noted for her talents as a contemporary jazz singer. Ferrell's debut, First Instrument, was released in 1990 in Japan, five years prior to its U.S. release. Recorded with bassist Tyrone Brown, pianist Eddie Green and drummer Doug Nally, an all-star cast of accompanists also leave their mark on her record. They include trumpeter Terence Blanchard, pianists Gil Goldstein and Michel Petrucciani, bassists Kenny Davis and Stanley Clarke, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and keyboardist Pete Levin.

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