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Blue Gardenia (album)
''Blue Gardenia'' is an album by Etta James, released in August 2001 through the record label Private Music. It was produced by John Snyder, who worked with James on five of her previous studio albums. ''Blue Gardenia'' contains thirteen jazz standards from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s arranged by pianist Cedar Walton, with the exception of "Love Letters", which was arranged by Josh Sklair. Between November 2000 and February 2001, Snyder and Walton assembled musicians to record tracks while James was recovering from a flu; her vocals were added following her recovery. In addition to Walton, guests appearing on the album included Red Holloway on tenor saxophone and Dorothy Hawkins, James' mother, who provided vocals on the title track.
James promoted the album by touring throughout the United States leading up to and following its release. Critical reception of the album was positive overall. The album reached a peak position of number one on ''Billboard'' Top Jazz Albums chart. Hawkins died in May 2002, less than a year following the album's release.
==Composition==
''Blue Gardenia'' was produced by John Snyder, and it contains thirteen jazz standards familiar to James from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s arranged by pianist Cedar Walton, with the exception of "Love Letters", which was arranged by Josh Sklair.〔 Snyder produced five of James' past studio albums: ''The Right Time'' (1992), ''Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday'' (1994), ''Time After Time'' (1995), ''12 Songs of Christmas'' (1998) and ''Heart of a Woman'' (1999).〔 Recorded from November 2000 to February 2001, Snyder and Walton first assembled a group of jazz musicians to record tracks for the album without the presence of James, who was suffering from the flu. A few months later, vocals from James' recording sessions were added following her recovery.〔 AllMusic's Jonathan Widran described the album as having an "old school big band flavor" with a "bed of simmering brass"; instrumentation included bass, flugelhorn, guitar, piano, percussion, tenor saxophone, trombone, and trumpet.〔
The album opens with a rendition of Clyde Otis' "This Bitter Earth", a song popularized by Dinah Washington then later added to Aretha Franklin's repertoire, followed by "He's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting). Both tracks contained improvisations by Walton on piano. According to Dorothy Hill, blues editor for ''Jazz Now'', listeners can hear James "murmuring admiration" for Walton's piano work in the background of "He's Funny That Way".〔 "In My Solitude", originally by Duke Ellington, featured a "passionate" interlude by Red Holloway on tenor saxophone.〔〔 Other standards appearing on the album included "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes), Joe Greene's "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying", and "Love Letters", originally written by Edward Heyman and Victor Young.〔 Sklair arranged the latter song and performed guitar; also featured is Rick Baptist on flugelhorn.〔 "These Foolish Things", originally written by Harry Link, Holt Marvell and Jack Strachey, previously appeared on James' 1995 album of the same name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=These Foolish Things )〕 Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer's "Come Rain or Come Shine" is followed by "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler). Leading up to the album's close are Arthur Hamilton's "Cry Me a River", "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), and "My Man" which features a trombone solo by George Bohannon. The album's closing and title track features vocals by James' mother, Dorothy Hawkins.〔
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