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Passion Dance (Roseanna Vitro album)

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Released
  
January 23, 1996

Producer
  
Paul Wickliffe

Release date
  
23 January 1996

Length
  
64:21

Artist
  
Roseanna Vitro

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

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Recorded
  
July 19, 1994 and January 1995

Passion Dance (1996)
  
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Label
  
Telarc International Corporation

Similar
  
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Passion Dance is the fifth album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in January 1996 on the Telarc Jazz label.

Contents

Reception

"[A] superior set by a very appealing singer," writes AllMusic's Scott Yanow in his review of Vitro's Telarc debut. Commending Vitro as "a versatile vocalist who is not afraid to take chances," Yanow also cites the contributions of both pianist/musical director Kenny Werner and a roster of guest artists including "altoist Gary Bartz, trumpeter Tim Hagans, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Elvin Jones."

A contemporaneous review by Washington Post music critic Mike Joyce is similarly impressed:

A less talented singer might find herself intimidated by the company Vitro keeps on her new album. [...] Yet Vitro consistently holds her own on this diverse collection of standards and original compositions. She conjures, by turns, the warmth, dizziness and passion of being in love.

Track listing

  1. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:29
  2. "Long As You're Livin'" (Roseanna Vitro) - 6:16
  3. "Returned to Me (The Bird)" (Tex Allen) - 5:32
  4. "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Eddie Harris, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:18
  5. "For Heaven's Sake" (Sherman Edwards, Don Meyer, and Elise Bretton) - 5:03
  6. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson, Leonard Feather) - 4:49
  7. "Simone" (Frank Foster, Cheryl Pyle) - 7:22
  8. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln) - 5:14
  9. "Passion Dance" (McCoy Tyner, Roseanna Vitro) - 6:40
  10. "More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) - 7:19
  11. "Strollin' (Nostalgia in Times Square)" (Charles Mingus, George Gordon) - 5:19

Personnel

  • Vocals – Roseanna Vitro
  • Piano – Kenny Werner, Larry Willis
  • Bass – Christian McBride, Richie Goods, Ratzo Harris
  • Drums – Elvin Jones, Clarence Penn, Jamey Haddad
  • Guitar – Vic Juris, Romero Lubambo
  • Saxophone – Gary Bartz, Tim Ries
  • Guest vocalist – Kevin Mahogany

    • Songs

    1Out Of This World5:29
    2Long As You're Livin'6:16
    3Returned To Me (The Bird)5:31

    References

    Passion Dance (Roseanna Vitro album) Wikipedia
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