Don't Take Your Time

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Don't Take Your Time
Erin Bode - Don't Take Your Time.jpg
Studio album by
Erin Bode
ReleasedJune 8, 2004
RecordedDec 3–4, 2003
Genre Vocal jazz
Label Maxjazz
Producer Bruce Barth
Erin Bode chronology
Don't Take Your Time
(2004)		 Over and Over
(2006)

Don't Take Your Time is the first major studio album released by jazz singer Erin Bode. It was recorded over two days at the beginning of December 2003 and released on June 8, 2004 by the label Maxjazz. It has been regarded as "an impressive affair" [1] and that Bode has "irresistibility impossible to deny." [2]

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States. It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

Erin Bode American singer

Erin Bode is an American singer from Minnesota who describes her music as a combination of jazz, folk, and pop.

Maxjazz was an American jazz record label founded in 1998 by Richard McDonnell, who was an investment banker. Maxjazz recordings are generally regarded as a "straight-ahead" acoustic style of jazz. It was based in St Louis, Missouri. In 2016, Maxjazz was bought by Mack Avenue Records.

Contents

The album contains mostly covers of songs from various genres and Bode is backed by a studio band. The album only one song exclusively penned by Bode and her collaborator, pianist Adam Maness (who would have more impact on her second album, Over and Over ).

<i>Over and Over</i> (Erin Bode album) 2006 studio album by Erin Bode

Over and Over is the second studio album released by jazz singer Erin Bode. It was recorded over three days in mid-May 2005 and released on January 31, 2006 by the label Maxjazz. This album, more than her first, sees Bode being compared to jazz vocalist Norah Jones.

Track listing

  1. "Don't Take Your Time" (Bode, Maness) — 3:44
  2. "Here, There and Everywhere" (Lennon, McCartney) — 4:12
  3. "In the Pines" (Monroe) — 5:00
  4. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" (Dylan) — 4:49
  5. "Time After Time" (Hyman, Lauper) — 4:53
  6. "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) — 3:59
  7. "Junior and Julie" (Dennis) — 3:14
  8. "If It's Magic" (Wonder) — 4:16
  9. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Loesser) — 3:48
  10. "You" (Shanks, Thiele, Tonio K.) — 4:13
  11. "I Walk a Little Faster" (Coleman, Leigh) — 4:16
  12. "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Redman) — 3:41
  13. "Count Your Blessings" (Berlin) — 7:25

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Although it was her first major label recording, Bode garnered much praise from the jazz community. Allmusic (AMG) states in their review that she "is very deserving of nationwide exposure." [1] Though not the Erin Bode Band that would follow her on tour and on her next album, the backing studio band also receives attention. PortFolio Weekly reviewer Jim Newsom comments on Bode's rendition of Bob Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" as "a soul-jazz pocket, pushed by Bruce Barth's gospelly piano", [4] which AMG also calls "bluesy" [1] on the track "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You."

Bode's cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" garnered much playing time on the radio, especially in her local state. AMG, however, stated that the track "sticks a little too close to the pop world." [1] The lone Bode composed track on the album, the title song "Don't Take Your Time", also received considerable airplay, solidifying "an incredible fan base and airplay to follow." [5] Newsom calls the track "a journey through territory not too far removed from that of Norah Jones, but with more punch." [4]

Cyndi Lauper American singer, songwriter, actress and activist

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper, known as Cyndi Lauper, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album She's So Unusual (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies and her second record True Colors (1986). This album included the number one single "True Colors" and "Change of Heart", which peaked at number three.

Norah Jones American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won multiple awards and has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000–2009 decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000–2009 decade chart.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ken Dryden. "Don't Take Your Time" . Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  2. ↑ C. Michael Bailey. "MAXJAZZ: Erin Bode, Mulgrew Miller, Denny Zeitlin and Jessica Williams" . Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. 1 2 Jim Newsom (October 12, 2004). "Recordings" . Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  5. ↑ Cheryl Hughey (September 2004). "Don't Take Your Time Review". Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
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