Eden Atwood - No One Ever Tells You

Artist: Eden Atwood
Album: No One Ever Tells You
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Vocal, Vocal Jazz, Brazilian Jazz
Release Date: 15 June, 1993
Quality / Bitrate: MP3 / 320 kbit/s
Website: http://www.edenatwood.com/

¬ TRACKLIST ¬
01. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
02. I Was the Last One to Know
03. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
04. Ballad of the Sad Young Men
05. Old Devil Moon
06. Cow Cow Boogie
07. No One Ever Tells You
08. Too Late Now
09. The Gentle Rain
10. Nothing's Changed
11. Them There Eyes

Eden Atwood (vocals) | Jim Martin (conductor) | Steve Zoloto (alto saxophone) | Brian Budzik, Von Freeman, Edward Peterson (tenor saxophone) | Linda Van Dyke (baritone saxophone) | Rob Parton, Steve Smyth (trumpet) | Paul McKee (trombone) | Laurence Hobgood, Bradley Williams (piano) | Dave Onderdonk (acoustic guitar) | Akio Sasajima (electric guitar) | El Dee Young (bass, vocals) | Doug Hayes, John Whitfield (bass) | Redd Holt, Michael Raynor (drums) | Mark Walker (percussion).

Executive Producer: Gus Miller
Project producers: Joanie Pallatto and Bradley Parker-Sparrow
Artistic Producer: Eden Atwood
Recording engineers: Joanie Pallatto and Sparrow
Mixing engineer: Joanie Pallatto
Recorded at Sparrow Sound Design, Chicago
Assembled by Phil Edwards, PER, Hayward, CA
Mastered by George Horn
Cover photo: Gina Uhlmann
Insert photo: Gus Miller
Art direction by Kent Judkins



Liner notes:

Eden Atwood, the Memphis-born and Montana-raised daughter of the late composer and arranger Hubbard Atwood, is a throwback to an era when lyrics were something to be savored and caressed. Hence, she has a soft spot for the torch song and the big ballad. Fortunately, she also has the requisite vocal equipment to deliver them.
The first thing you notice about Atwood is her youth and cheeky self-confidence. Yet she is trapped in a time warp of sorts. Although clearly, in both attitude and mannerisms, a woman of the '90s – and a child of the rock generation – her musical instincts and reference points belong to another era. She has said that she is "incredibly happy" listening to the music of the big bands. "Then the minute I walk outside, it's 1992!" Atwood has managed to evoke the music of that earlier period while developing within the jazz genre her own distinctive style.
At the age of 22, Eden has produced a record that celebrates beginnings. This is only fitting since she, too, is at the cusp of what one expects will be a full and satisfying career. "No One Ever Tells You" is a work of hope and optimism but also one of exquisite pain that, under its sunny veneer, masks a surprisingly melancholy heart. Listen to the plaintive vocals of "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" and try not to be impressed by the artist's sensitive delivery.

One could go on: the effortless scat singing in "Old Devil Moon"; the playful sense of humor in "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby". Atwood is at her brassy and confident best in "Cow Cow Boogie" while her mood turns pensive and somber in "Too Late Now". In a breathtakingly beautiful rendition of her father's "I Was the Last One to Know" she assumes the persona of a singer who has seen too much and hurt too much yet is not quite ready to give up. Finally, in "Nothing's Changed," which she wrote, Atwood appears to have inherited her father's talent for craftsmanship. It's a fine song – touching, melodic and lyrically sophisticated.
"No One Ever Tells You" proves Eden Atwood is an exciting new presence on the jazz scene. Chicagoans already know that.
Now the world will too!



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