Etta James' "Time after Time"

[Larry Kart]

Just picked up a copy of this 1995 album. Solid gold so far. The interaction between James, the rhythm section (Cedar Walton, John Clayton, Paul Humphrey) and tenor saxophonist Herman Riley on "Night and Day" is quite something:
 

 

[JSngry]

It's like an Etta Jones record only with Etta James...was this intended to be concocted as a ruse to unsuspecting music audiences everywhere?

[Larry Kart]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

It's like an Etta Jones record only with Etta James...was this intended to be concocted as a ruse to unsuspecting music audiences everywhere?

 Don't think so, though James does sing "Don't Got To Strangers" here -- just because, she says, she used to be annoyed by requests for Jones' signature number on the part of people who confused the two Ettas. In the liner notes James says she's been moving into a jazz groove for some time, though she also says, citing Dinah Washington and others, that the line between r&b, gospel, and jazz can be amorphous. BTW, James tells a good Washington story in the notes: When the young James sang "Unforgettable" in a club because she knew Washington was present, the Queen swept all the glasses off her table and yelled to James, "Don't you dare sing my song when I'm in the house!" Dinah came backstage afterwards and repeated the threat, then, when she saw that James was in tears, relented some and asked James to come to the theater in town where she was performing.