Keeping Tradition
Studio album by
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Released1993
Recorded8–10 December 1992
StudioPlus XXX Studios, Paris, France
GenreJazz
Length57:00
LabelVerve 519 607-2
ProducerDee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
In Montreux
(1992) 		Keeping Tradition
(1993) 		Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[4]

Keeping Tradition is a studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The album was recorded in Paris and released in 1993 via Verve Records label. The album was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.[5] Keeping Tradition opens a series of her critically acclaimed titles, of which all but one, including her wildly successful double Grammy Award-winning tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Dear Ella, have received Grammy nominations.[6]

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "After performing a wide variety of music (much of it commercial) for 15 years, in the mid-'80s Dee Dee Bridgewater returned to jazz... This set with her regular French quartet has Bridgewater exploring and swinging some of her favorite standards... This CD is highly recommended, as are all of Dee Dee Bridgewater's Verve recordings."[7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just One of Those Things"Cole Porter2:55
2."Fascinating Rhythm"George Gershwin4:05
3."The Island"Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Alan and Marilyn Bergman3:41
4."Angel Eyes"Matt Dennis, Earl Brent5:51
5."What Is This Thing Called Love?"Cole Porter3:14
6."Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)"Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert6:49
7."Medley: I'm a Fool to Want You / I Fall in Love Too Easily"Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra / Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn4:10
8."Lullaby of Birdland"George Shearing, George David Weiss7:04
9."What a Little Moonlight Can Do"Harry Woods3:11
10."Love Vibrations"Horace Silver5:38
11."Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Around a Pug-Nosed Dream)"Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke5:23
12."Sister Sadie"Horace Silver4:37
Total length:57:00

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Keeping Tradition". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ^ Hull, Tom. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Diffs: 4th vs. 5th Editions". Tom Hull. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 1885. ISBN 9780679768739. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ "37TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1994)". Grammy Awards. grammy.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ "DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER". jazzaspensnowmass.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Keeping Tradition". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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