ETTA JAMES – Time After Time (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Casual fans of Etta James most often thought of her as a blues singer, and she was, when that was what she wanted to do, but she also sang straight girl group pop, belted out R&B and soul tunes, and she also, when she chose, took herself uptown and sang jazz. That's the case here, as James elegantly delivers her versions of vocal jazz standards like Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's "Time After Time" and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You," in front of a tight and fluid big band comprised of Josh Sklair (guitar), Eddie Harris and Herman Riley (tenor saxophone), Ronnie Buttacavoli (trumpet, flügelhorn), Kraig Kilby (trombone), Cedar Walton (piano), John Clayton (bass), Paul Humphrey (drums), and Donto Metto James (shakers). It's all graceful and uptown, and James' singing is hauntingly beautiful. Steve Leggett
Tracklist :
1     Don't Go to Strangers 5:00
Redd Evans / Arthur Kent / Dave Mann
2     Teach Me Tonight 4:59
Sammy Cahn / Gene DePaul
3     Love Is Here to Stay 4:29
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
4     The Nearness of You 6:32
Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington
5     Time After Time 4:23
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
6     My Funny Valentine 5:46
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
7     Everybody's Somebody's Fool 5:15
Howard Greenfield / Jack Keller
8     Fool That I Am 3:58
Floyd Hunt
9     Willow Weep for Me 6:23
Ann Ronell
10     Imagination 6:51
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
11     Night and Day 4:16
Cole Porter
12     Someone to Watch Over Me 6:00
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Credits :    
Arranged By, Piano – Cedar Walton
Bass – John Clayton (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 12)
Drums – Paul Humphrey (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 12)
Flugelhorn – Ronnie Buttacavoli (tracks: 6, 8 to 10)
Guitar – Josh Sklair (tracks: 1 to 10, 12)
Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Harris (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 12), Herman Riley (tracks: 4, 7, 9 to 11)
Trombone – Kraig Kilby (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Trumpet – Ronnie Buttacavoli (tracks: 7)
Vocals – Etta James