Añadido: May 17, 2008
De: JonathanLGardner
Duración: 6:4
This track opens Marlena Shaw's 1969 album entitled "The Spice Of Life". That album also includes her very popular cover of "California Soul" a song penned by production and songwriting team Ashford & Simpson for pop quintet, "The 5th Dimension". funky16corners.blogspot.com: "Co-written by Shaw, Evans and Bobby Lee Miller, the lyrics are a powerful social/political statement, and unusual in her Cadet catalogue. She lays down a soulful vocal with bits of improvisational spice. The tune has a slightly menacing edge, with some cool, echoey background vocals. The arrangement builds slowly, with a pulsing bass line and new sounds being added as the record (which clocks in at over five minutes) moves along. At one point Evans seems to run the kalimba through a wah-wah pedal which makes for an interesting effect. The recording stands out as an epic of sorts, and is one of the finest that Evans ever had a hand in (and that's really saying something). Though the record didn't chart, it was influential, garnering cover versions in the US by Doris Duke and in Jamaica by Marcia Griffiths, Hortense Ellis and Phyllis Dillon (Shaw's version appears to have been released in Jamaica). 'Woman of the Ghetto' has been sampled a few times as well by both Lyrics Born and No ID. After leaving Cadet, Shaw toured for four years as a vocalist for the Count Basie Orchestra, after which she became the first female vocalist signed to the Blue Note label. In the years since then she has continued to record for Columbia, Verve and Concord Jazz, and still performs today." The cover art with my link on has been made by me. Hope you all enjoy! Have a supreme day. - JLG
Categoría: Music
Tags: blue cadet california ghetto jazz life marlena note of pop r&b records shaw soul spice the woman
Rating: 4.55 (11 ratings) Visto: 2077' favoriteCount='26 Comentarios: 12
JonathanLGardner Says:
May 17, 2008 - Thanks for commenting.
Individuell83 Says:
May 17, 2008 - Nice song and video jonathan the stereo effect is really good 5*
JonathanLGardner Says:
May 17, 2008 - Thanks for commenting
Individuell83 Says:
May 17, 2008 - pleasure done
MarvelettesDude Says:
May 18, 2008 - Never heard of her or the song but there both pretty good and nice touchs as always
JonathanLGardner Says:
May 18, 2008 - Thank you, I don't have much pics of either of the artists, so I apologise for that.
headgirl5 Says:
May 21, 2008 - iabsolutely love this song was relevant when it was first released in the late 60's and has not kost one iota of it's message
2bin Says:
May 22, 2008 - I've never heard this version of this song before. I had always heard the "Live at Montreaux" version. This one is a lot more smooth and groovy, while the other is raw and funky. Good in different ways. Thanks for the post.
JonathanLGardner Says:
May 22, 2008 - So true, when I heard it a few weeks ago.....wooooo I'm telling you those artists sang with HEART
JonathanLGardner Says:
May 22, 2008 - Thanks for commenting
headgirl5 Says:
May 23, 2008 - thanks for responding to my commments about "marlena shaws woman of the ghetto" if you like songs with strong positive messages you should listen to the "Impressions with Curtis Mayfield" they have strong song where they sing about the turbulent 60's
headgirl5 Says:
May 23, 2008 - thanks for the acknowledgemrnt
JonathanLGardner Says:
May 24, 2008 - OO Ok. Thanks for the info. I really wasn't looking for songs that were so straight up about the social issues of that time, just looking for some great soul music and saw that is was Marlena who had recorded the famous cover of California Soul that I love. Then I heard this and was like WOW
LadyDujour Says:
May 28, 2008 - Excellent, thank you.
JonathanLGardner Says:
May 28, 2008 - Thank you for watching and commenting. =D
fredericvanmoe Says:
May 29, 2008 - Bravo, ça c'est du voyage, pour un peu on irait bien y vivre à ses côtés, histoire de prendre chacun sa part de ghetto... houps, merci de nous faire découvrir de si belles choses.
LeonDePonce07 Says:
Jun 6, 2008 - this is dope. never heard this version. love the song.
JonathanLGardner Says:
Jun 6, 2008 - Lol, I love this too, but it was the first version of this song I heard. Have a supreme day, thanks for commenting. - JLG
soln4suhreborn Says:
Jun 29, 2008 - sampled by buckshot and 9th wonder. da beatminerz remixed it using manny passages of marlena's verses between choruses. chicago soul/jazz brilliance from cadet records and charles stephney!
JonathanLGardner Says:
Jun 30, 2008 - Yes this is a brilliant track. Thank you so very much for listening/watching and commenting. Have a FLOriffic day!
foreversupreme Says:
May 17, 2008 - this is great thanks!