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Artist: Freelon, Nnenna
Title: Time Traveler
Format: CD
Label: ORIGIN RECORDS  ( http://originarts.com )
Catalog Number:82822
Barcode:805558282225 itemnumber=1000125019
Price: $17.98  (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre: VOCALS - JAZZ & POP
Release Date: 5/21/2021
Availability: Not Currently In Stock
Additional Musical Category Notes:
Modern Jazz Vocals 


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Promotional Info
International performances; Press Publicity by Mayers Consulting mayersconsulting.com; Management: Ed Keane & Assoc., www.edkeane.com; 300 International radio contacts serviced including JazzWeek reporting stations & 150 Press contacts

"What Freelon is building is not just a castle of love, but an expanded repertoire for jazz singers" - The Washington Post. Multi Grammy nominated vocal artist Nnenna Freelon is back, delivering her eleventh album after a decade-long hiatus from the studio. With Time Traveler, she offers a celebration of love and a prayer of hope for those living with loss. The sessions for the album stretched over two years, between 2018 and 2020, coinciding with the loss of Freelon's soulmate and husband of forty years, Phil Freelon, to ALS. Freelon draws from her & Phil's shared love of jazz and rhythm and blues, to step through an imagined doorway where past, present and future collide. From the album's centerpiece, a medley of Marvin Gaye classics, to standards such as "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "Moon River," or her self-penned title song, Freelon reminds us of the grace and elegance that naturally accompanies her approach to interpreting melody. Inspired by her emotive glances to the past, and soulful presence in the here and now, she paints a portrait of reverence and gratitude for the gift of love that permeates every aspect of the human condition.

Track Listing
 1. 
[5:07]  I Say a Little Prayer 

 2. 
[6:04]  Marvin Medley: If This World Were Mine / Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing / Ain't No Mountain High Enough

 3. 
[5:32]  Just You 

 4. 
[4:54]  Betcha By Golly 

 5. 
[6:59]  Time in a Bottle 

 6. 
[5:06]  You Make Me Feel Brand New 

 7. 
[5:57]  Moon River 

 8. 
[4:58]  Time After Time 

 9. 
[4:49]  Come Rain or Come Shine 

10. 
[4:30]  Time Traveler 

11. 
[3:18]  Time Traveler (Reprise) 


Performers on this Album
Nnenna Freelon - Vocals
Miki Hayama - Piano (1,3,5,7,8), Fender Rhodes (2,4,9), Synthesizer (2,8)
Chuckey Robinson - Keyboards (10,11)
Brandon McCune - Hammond Organ (1,3)
Keith Ganz - Guitar (2-6,8-11)
Noah Jackson - Acoustic Bass (1,3-5,7,9)
Gerald Veasley - Electric Bass (2,8)
Lance Scott - Electric Bass (10,11)
E.J. Strickland - Drums (1,3-5,7,9)
Adonis Rose - Drums (2,8)
Jon Curry - Drums (10,11)
Beverly Botsford - Percussion (2,4,8)
Trineice Robinson-Martin - Background Vocal (1)
Kirk Whalum - Tenor Saxophone, Flute (4)
Shana Tucker - Cello (5)
Additional Technical Information Available For This Album
Release Format: CD         
Original Recording Location: Manifold Recording, Pittsboro, NC
Original Recording Engineer: Jason Richmond (1-6,8-11), Ian Schreier (1,3-5,7,9) Tom Tedesco (1,3), John Plymale (2,8)
Mastering Facility: Knack Mastering, Ringwood, NJ
Mastering Engineer: Kim Rosen
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