Brenda Boykin - Chocolate & Chili (2008)

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Brenda Boykin - Chocolate & Chili (2008)
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Nu Jazz / Downtempo / Lounge / Soul

The smooth velvety,'chocolatey' voice of Ms.Boykin is a truly fantastic combination with the spicey jazzy tunes on this set.This really is a great example of traditional jazz melding with some modern jazz/samba/blues/funk and soul rhythms. From the cool vibes of the opening 'Be My Lover' you are in for a musical journey.The word 'cool' is appropriate in the context of the music on offer on this set.A cheesey word maybe,but very descriptive of the atmosphere of the music which has a bit of a Miles Davis feel in places.Without rambling on about every track I will save time by stating they are all listenable with no need to skip tracks at all.
If you like modern jazz with some strong jazz vocals you will enjoy this set.A lot of acoustic instuments feature on this CD but they are backed with some subtle electronic wizadry which cleverly retains a pure jazz feeling throughout.The diversity of the musical flavourings here is really quite remarkable as is the quality of the musicianship displayed.This is GREAT and demands a Grammy!

By Archie Grimwald, amazon



One of the great contemporary jazz singers. To say it with Lee Hildebrand's (music critic and music historian) words: "the most authentic and most creative voice of this generation."

Brenda Boykin used to live in San Francisco until 2004. Since then she lives in Wuppertal, Germany.

She has performed at many of the famous jazz festivals like the Monterey Jazz Festivals, San Francisco Blues Festivals, DuMaurier Jazz Festivals in Vancouver, Umbria Jazz Festivals and the Montreux Jazz Festival (which she was awarded best vocalist in 2005), she also has performed in Mexico, France, New Zealand, Japan and of course thousands of times in the USA and Germany.

1997 she received a BAMMY nomination for "Best vocalist of the Year".

Since 2005 she's working with the German Nu-Jazz Project "Club des Belugas"

Brenda Boykin's solo album "chocolate and chilli", which has been released in October 2008, has been chosen by BBC among the best albums of the year 2008.

~ chinchin-records
Tracklist:

01. Be my Lover
02. Ride Rich Rhythm
03. Chocolate and Chili
04. Wonderful
05. Love is in Town
06. Hard Swing Travellin' Man
07. Talk with your Hands
08. State Side Blues
09. Across the Stars
10. He doesn't know
11. Moaning
12. Listen to the Beat
13. Freedom Song
14. Rockabye Me
15. Be my Lover (Acoustic Bossa Remix)

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 17. October 2008, 16:11

Brenda Boykin / Chocolate & Chili

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Official DR value: DR8

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