Artist: Joan Steele
Title: 'Round Midnight
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Audiophile
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 50:25
Total Size: 225 MB


Tracklist
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01. St. Louis Blues
02. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
03. I Wish I Could Walk Away
04. Lazy Afternoon
05. Like Someone In Love
06. Send In The Clowns
07. Being Green
08. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
09. A Sleeping Bee
10. Something
11. I've Got A Crush On You
12. You've Changed
13. 'round Midnight

Joan Steele starts out on "St. Louis Blues" in dramatic fashion, singing unaccompanied. Eventually she is joined by her piano but still retains the dark and coolly emotional mood at a slow tempo. However after it becomes obvious that nearly every song on 'Round Midnight (whether it is a solo or trio number) is in the same mood and tempo, a certain sameness sets in, diluting her music and message. Steele has an expressive voice and fine elocution but the lack of variety on this CD makes her debut recording of more limited interest than expected.~'Round Midnight Review by Scott Yanow