Trav’lin Light

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Author: Queen Latifah

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 30-10-2007

Details: Amazon.caWith Trav’lin’ Light, singer/actress/rapper/Cover Girl Queen Latifah (ne 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 KirkProduct DescriptionGrammy award-winning recording artist, Queen Latifah, debuts on Verve Records wit 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 familar classics and fogotten jewels.

UPC: 602517365049

EAN: 0602517365049

Model: 3035636

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood