- From This Moment On
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- Don't Explain
- Just One of Those Things
- Where Are You?
- My Favorite Things
- Exactly Like You
- Ev'rything I Love
- How High the Moon
- Don't Take Your Love from Me
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
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Michael Moore Bass
Michael Greensill Piano
Gary Foster Reeds
Joe La Barbera Drums
Orrin Keepnews Producer
Sheryl Schindler Photography
Hal Wilson Design,Digital Imaging
Billie Holiday Composer
Arthur Herzog, Jr. Composer
Neil Tesser Liner Notes
Cole Porter Composer
Frank Rinella Assistant Engineer
Lorenz Hart Composer
Nancy Hamilton Composer
Morgan Lewis Composer
Michael Greensill Arranger
Harold Adamson Composer
Henry Nemo Composer
Jimmy McHugh Composer
Dorothy Fields Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II Composer
Richard Rodgers Composer


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On this, her tenth album, Wesla Whitfield continues her journey through the Great American Songbook. Liner notes to the contrary, it seems as if Whitfield is trying to move toward a jazzier presentation of the music with High Standards. Toward this end, she has surrounded herself with some excellent jazz musicians. Gary Foster's cool, boppish alto appears on all but two cuts. Michael Moore's bass and Joe LaBarbera's drums have graced more jazz albums than one can count. The presence of these established players notwithstanding, the results are mixed. On "From This Moment On" and "Don't Explain," the meshing of Foster's high-energy jazz playing and Whitfield's splendid vocalizing provides two examples of where it works. But it's clear that Whitfield continues to be more at ease with cabaret than with the riskier jazz genre. Like many in cabaret, she creates expectations and sets the mood by including the verse for most of the songs on this set. Cabaret or jazz notwithstanding, her voice of springwater purity, excellent diction, imaginative phrasing, and excellent breath control which allows her to stretch out the words giving continuity to the lyrics, make Whitfield a leading champion of the traditional popular song. Listen to her as she extends the lyrics on "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" and "Don't Explain." Her outstanding control can be credited to her classical training. This album will strengthen her position as one of popular song's most creative interpreters. One final note: there are discrepancies on the way Whitfield spells her first name. Most places where it appears spell it "Weslia." However, "Wesla" is the way it is spelled on her official web site, and that is the spelling used here. ~ Dave Nathan
Product Details
Release Date: | 11/10/1998 |
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Label: | HIGHNOTE |
UPC: | 0632375702526 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Wesla Whitfield Primary Artist,VocalsMichael Moore Bass
Michael Greensill Piano
Gary Foster Reeds
Joe La Barbera Drums
Technical Credits
Phil Edwards Remixing,EngineerOrrin Keepnews Producer
Sheryl Schindler Photography
Hal Wilson Design,Digital Imaging
Billie Holiday Composer
Arthur Herzog, Jr. Composer
Neil Tesser Liner Notes
Cole Porter Composer
Frank Rinella Assistant Engineer
Lorenz Hart Composer
Nancy Hamilton Composer
Morgan Lewis Composer
Michael Greensill Arranger
Harold Adamson Composer
Henry Nemo Composer
Jimmy McHugh Composer
Dorothy Fields Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II Composer
Richard Rodgers Composer
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