Melanie Charles – Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 32:12 minutes | 365 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve
With its Verve Remixed series, the Verve label is allowing young artists to revisit its vast heritage. Melanie Charles’ Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women is a part of this. Alongside SZA, Wynton Marsalis, Gorillaz and the Roots, the Brooklyn-based singer and flautist covers pieces from the last century by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan, dressed up with neo-soul production, hip hop beats, samples and a bit of light electronics. These covers are frequently beautiful and daring like Woman of the Ghetto by Marlena Shaw. Melanie Charles hits the mark: her album is full of real class. – Marc Zisman
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