VANESSA RUBIN - Vanessa Rubin Sings (1995) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Vanessa Rubin has a lovely voice, but rarely wanders much from the melody. Since many of the songs that she performs on this Novus CD have already been done definitively dozens of times by others (such as "Our Love Is Here to Stay," "My Ship," "Morning," and even "Being Green"), the value of the release is not as high as it should be. Rubin does contribute new lyrics to Wayne Shorter's "Speak No Evil" (renamed "All for One"), her singing is heartfelt on "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," and Steve Turre's four appearances (on trombone and conch shells) are a major asset. But why revive "Black Coffee" (another song that has already been done perfectly) with its self-pitying attitude and dated references to cigarettes? by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Love Is Here to Stay 3:17
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2     It's Probably Me 5:09
Eric Clapton / Michael Kamen / Sting
3     Being Green 4:29
Joe Raposo
4     All for One 4:21
Vanessa Rubin / Wayne Shorter
5     My Ship 4:42
Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill
6     Seven Days 3:05
Sting
7     Once upon a Summertime 3:33
Eddie Barclay / Michel Legrand / Eddy Marnay / Johnny Mercer
8     Close Enough for Love 4:09
Johnny Mandel / Paul Williams
9     Morning 3:04
Clare Fischer
10     Unless It's You 2:52
Morgan Ames / Johnny Mandel
11     Black Coffee 5:24
Sonny Burke / Paul Francis Webster
12     His Eye Is on the Sparrow 3:49
Charles H. Gabriel
Credits :
Acoustic Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves (faixas: 2,6,8,10)
Bass – Dave Carpenter (faixas: 3,4,9), Bob Hurst* (faixas: 1,2,7,8,11)
Conch – Steve Turre (faixas: 9)
Drums – Alex Acuña (faixas: 3,4,9,11), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (faixas: 1,2,6,7,8,11)
Guitar – Kevin Eubanks (faixas: 1,), Paul Jackson Jr. (faixas: 7,8)
Harmonica – Toots Thielemans (faixas: 7,8)
Piano – Michael Lang (faixas: 3,4,5,9,11,12)
Producer, Arranged By – Miles Goodman, Oscar Castro-Neves
Trombone – Steve Turre (faixas: 3,11)
Vocals – Vanessa Rubin