Don't Take Your Time
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Don't Take Your Time is the first major studio album
released by jazz
vocalist Erin Bode
. It was recorded over two days at the beginning of December 2003 and released on June 8, 2004 by the label Max Jazz. It has been regarded as "an impressive affair" and that Bode has "irresistibility impossible to deny."
The album contains mostly covers of songs from various genres and Bode is backed by a studio band. The album only one song exclusively penned by Bode and her collaborator, pianist Adam Maness (who would have more impact on her second album, Over and Over
).
Production:
Bode's cover of Cyndi Lauper
's "Time After Time" garnered much playing time on the radio, especially in her local state. AMG, however, stated that the track "sticks a little too close to the pop world." The lone Bode composed track on the album, the title song "Don't Take Your Time", also received considerable airplay, solidifying "an incredible fan base and airplay to follow." Newsom calls the track "a journey through territory not too far removed from that of Norah Jones
, but with more punch."
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
released by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
vocalist Erin Bode
Erin Bode
Erin Bode is an American singer, reluctant to be classified as a jazz vocalist. Though Bode began her recording career in 2001, she has already garnered much praise...
. It was recorded over two days at the beginning of December 2003 and released on June 8, 2004 by the label Max Jazz. It has been regarded as "an impressive affair" and that Bode has "irresistibility impossible to deny."
The album contains mostly covers of songs from various genres and Bode is backed by a studio band. The album only one song exclusively penned by Bode and her collaborator, pianist Adam Maness (who would have more impact on her second album, Over and Over
Over and Over (Erin Bode album)
Over and Over is the second studio album released by jazz vocalist Erin Bode. It was recorded over three days in mid-May 2005 and released on January 31, 2006 by the label Max Jazz...
).
Track listing
- "Don't Take Your Time" (Bode, Maness) — 3:44
- "Here, There and Everywhere" (LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) — 4:12 - "In the Pines" (MonroeBill MonroeWilliam Smith Monroe was an American musician who created the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader...
) — 5:00 - "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" (DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) — 4:49 - "Time After Time" (HymanRob HymanRobert Andrew "Rob" Hyman is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:Hyman started taking piano lessons at the age of four and grew up playing...
, LauperCyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
) — 4:53 - "But Not for Me" (GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, GershwinIra GershwinIra Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
) — 3:59 - "Junior and Julie" (DennisMatt DennisMatt Dennis was a singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger, and writer of music for popular music songs.He was born in Seattle, Washington. His mother was a violinist and his father a singer, and the family was in vaudeville, so he was early exposed to music. In 1933 he joined Horace Heidt's...
) — 3:14 - "If It's Magic" (WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
) — 4:16 - "I've Never Been in Love Before" (LoesserFrank LoesserFrank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for...
) — 3:48 - "You" (ShanksJohn ShanksJohn Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....
, ThieleBob ThieleBob Thiele was an American record producer who worked on countless classic jazz albums and record labels.-Biography:...
, Tonio K.) — 4:13 - "I Walk a Little Faster" (ColemanCy ColemanCy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason...
, LeighCarolyn LeighCarolyn Leigh was an American lyricist for Broadway, movies, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come."-Biography:...
) — 4:16 - "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, RedmanDon RedmanDonald Matthew Redman was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader and composer.Redman was announced as a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame on May 6, 2009....
) — 3:41 - "Count Your Blessings" (BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
) — 7:25- A bonus multimediaMultimediaMultimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
track was included of "Don't Take Your Time".
- A bonus multimedia
Personnel
Band:- Erin Bode — vocals
- Jerry Barnes — vocals (bckgr)
- Bruce Barth — piano, arranger, producer
- Montez Coleman — drums
- Steve Nelson Quartet — vibraphone
- Meg Okura — violin
- Adam Rogers — guitar, slide guitar
Production:
- David Baker — engineer, mixing
- Peter Doris, Brian Montgomery — assistant engineers
- Larry Grenadier — bass
- Pressley Jacobs — art Direction, design
- Dena Katz, Jimmy Katz — photography
- Katsuhiko Naito — mastering
Reception
Even though it was her first major label recording, Bode garnered much praise from the jazz community. Allmusic (AMG) states in their review that she "is very deserving of nationwide exposure." Though not the Erin Bode Band that would follow her on tour and on her next album, the backing studio band also receives attention. PortFolio Weekly reviewer Jim Newsom comments on Bode's rendition of Bob Dylan's "Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You" as "a soul-jazz pocket, pushed by Bruce Barth’s gospelly piano", which AMG also calls "bluesy" on the track "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You."Bode's cover of Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
's "Time After Time" garnered much playing time on the radio, especially in her local state. AMG, however, stated that the track "sticks a little too close to the pop world." The lone Bode composed track on the album, the title song "Don't Take Your Time", also received considerable airplay, solidifying "an incredible fan base and airplay to follow." Newsom calls the track "a journey through territory not too far removed from that of Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, but with more punch."