Artist: Vanessa Fernandez
Title: Use Me
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Groove Note Records
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Quality: DSD128 (*dsf, tracks) (5,64 MHz/1 Bit)
Total Time: 00:57:23 min
Total Size: 2,26 Gb (+1%rec.)
Singapore-based vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, 31, has performed hip-hop (Urban Xchange/Parking Lot Pimp) and been a DJ “Vandetta,” or “Miss Vandetta” on Mediacorp Radio’s 987FM. Groove Note and ORG reissue producer Ying Tan decided that Fernandez deserved the audiophile recording treatment and so brought her to Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles in mid-January 2014 to record this album to analog tape in five sessions.
Fernandez covers Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes and others in an album filled with funky grooves provided by a stellar back-up band anchored by bassist Leland Sklar, with session guitarist Tim Pierce (Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Patti Smith, Joe Cocker, Michael Jackson) drummer Victor Indrizzo (Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell) keyboardist Jim Cox (Lyle Lovett, Mark Knopfler, B.B. King) and others.
The album of audiophile-quality covers of soul and R&B classics from the ’70s and ’80s was done in an “unplugged” style with acoustic instruments and arrangements used on all of the tracks. Vocals are tremendously dynamic (no compression or limiting used), with superb presence and detail for all other instruments including the drum set.
The album introduces and throws the spotlight on the fantastic voice of the Singaporean vocalist Fernandez. The song selection includes tunes by Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Earth Wind & Fire, Bill Withers, Al Green and others.
Tracklist
01-I Just Wanna Be With You 5:26
02-Be Thankful For What You Got 6:18
03-Distant Lover 5:31
04-Hard Times 4:14
05-That Loving Feeling 5:11
06-Simply Beautiful 4:19
07-Use Me 3:34
08-I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know 6:09
09-Cool Cat 4:44
10-Here But I’m Gone 5:08
11-Be Thankful For What You Got (Alternate Mix) 6:28
Personnel:
Vanessa Fernandez, vocals
Tim Pierce, guitars
Leland Sklar, electric bass
Victor Indrizzo, drums
Rafael Padilla, percussion
Jim Cox, keyboards
Stanley Behrens, harmonica
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