Groove Note의 새로운 스타, 판타스틱 보컬리스트 바네사 페르난데스.
Marvin Gaye,Isaac Hayes, Earth Wind & Fire, Bill Withers 등의 7, 80녀대 소울과 R&B 작품들을 어쿠스틱한 언플러그드 스타일로 편곡해 그녀의 스타일로 소화한다.
보컬은 다이나믹하고 드럼 등의 악기들은 생생하고 섬세하며 미국 최고의 엔지니어 Michael C. Ross의 아날로그 레코딩 또한 너무 훌륭해서 현장에서 듣는 듯한 느낌이 든다.
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1. I Just Wanna Be With You (from Earth Wind & Fire LP Raise 1981)
2. Be Thankful For What You Got (from William de Vaughan LP Be Thankful For What You Got 1972)
3. Distant Lover (from Marvin Gaye LP Lets Get It On 1973)
4. Hard Times (from Curtis Mayfield LP There's No Place Like America Today 1975)
5. That Loving Feeling (from Isaac Hayes LP Ike's Mood 1970)
6. Simply Beautiful (from Al Green LP I'm Still In Love With You 1972)
7. Use Me (from Bill Withers LP Still Bill 1972)
8. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (from Donny Hathaway LP Extension of a Man 1973)
9. Cool Cat (from Queen LP Hot Space 1982)
10. Here But I'm Gone (from Curtis Mayfield LP New World order 1997)
11. Be Thankful For What You Got (alt. take)
Musicians:
Vanessa Fernandez, vocals
Leeland Sklar, bass
Tim Pierce, acoustic guitar
Jim Cox, electric piano
Victor Indrizzo, drums
Rafael Padillo, percussion
Stanley Behrens, harmonica
