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Eva Cassidy
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Product Details

  • Artist: Eva Cassidy
  • Binding: Audio CD
  • EAN: 0739341004629
  • Format: Live, Original recording reissued
  • Label: Blix Street
  • Manufacturer: Blix Street
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Product Group: Music
  • Publisher: Blix Street
  • Release Date: 1998-07-28
  • Studio: Blix Street
  • Title: Live at Blues Alley
  • UPC: 739341004629
Avg Customer Rating: 5 stars

Product Description: When Eva Cassidy is swinging her way through "Cheek to Cheek" and getting down and bluesy on "Stormy Monday" on this live set from 1996, it's nigh impossible not to get swept up in her voice's vast, barreling force. Her full range, though, becomes most obvious--and soul-shaking--on the slower side, as with Paul Simon's "Bridge over Troubled Water," Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Tall Trees in Georgia," and "What a Wonderful World." On these latter tunes, Cassidy's mix of aching clarity and rich warmth has a melting quality, speaking through the body to some evanescent presence that she seems to know all too well. She improbably makes Sting's "Fields of Gold" an emotional powerhouse just as easily as she makes Billie Holiday's "Fine and Mellow" an offhand declaration of feeling equal to nearly anything in the jazz vocal canon. In doing so she earns her place among the great singers--artists who could take any song and stamp it indelibly as their own. What Eva Cassidy had in her short life was an unbelievably perfect voice and a musical soul that grasped gospel, folk, blues, jazz, and all points in between as if they were mere stops on a single train ride. Alas, her ride ended in 1996, tragically early. --Andrew Bartlett


Customer Reviews


4 stars Live at Blues Alley
"Live at Blues Alley" is a nice blues CD. Even the moaning and groaning that is done in blues songs sounds good, because it's done by Eva Cassidy, who has a rich, sweet voice.

The quality of the CD is good. It was recorded live, but there are no extraneous sounds, other than applause.


4 stars great old songs-full of memories
Lots of great old songs done with a wonderful voice. I love the quality of Eva's voice & gobble up everything of her's I can find. This purchase was up to her usual top notch standards, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!


5 stars Live at Blues Alley - Eva Cassidy
An amazing voice! It's a shame we had to lose such a great talent at such a young age.
This album highlights more of her work than any other offered.


5 stars Really great CD
Another star in my collection! I love Eva's songs and this is just another collection, albeit live, of her wondrous voice.


5 stars Best of Eva !!!
There are no words to describe this CD. The live recording is astonishing, you can hear every detail on the instruments. Her voice is fantastic and the song selection could not be better. A+ for this CD. Everyone should hear this CD. Best of Eva Cassidy in my opinion.


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