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- Date Released: September 5, 1995
- Genre: Classical
- Label: Sony Classical
- Copyright: (P) 1995 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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They Say...
So Many Stars is the kind of album you want to hate. The idea of blending Kathleen Battle's soprano voice with accomplished jazz musicians such as Grover Washington, Jr. and Cyrus Chestnut is the sort of idea that makes most serious music fans cringe. Surprisingly, Battle manages to pull it off. She succeeds because of her subdued approach, which is a bit of a surprise considering that the artist is best known for her raging temper. She takes on several familiar songs such as "Steal Away," "Going Home," and "The Little Horses," but never tries to overpower them. Equally impressive is her work on Spanish and Portuguese tunes such as "Azulão" and "Para Niñar." If most classical musicians took the kind of meticulous care that Battle does with So Many Stars, maybe the idea of crossover classical music would not be one that so many music lovers reflexively hate.
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15 Total Tracks, 53:30 Total Length
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Credits
- Antonio Hart - Sax (Alto) // Kathleen Battle - Vocals // Kathleen Battle - Producer // Kathleen Battle - Main Performer // Scott Ansell - Engineer // Cyro Baptista - Percussion // Todd Barkan - Production Coordination // Steve Berrios - Percussion // James Carter - Clarinet (Bass) // Cyrus Chestnut - Piano // Ira Coleman - Bass // Patrick Dillett - Engineer // Marlon Graves - Guitar // Marlon Graves - Percussion // Tom Harrell - Flugelhorn // Mike Krowiak - Engineer // Mike Krowiak - Mixing // Romero Lubambo - Guitar // Christian McBride - Bass // Ed Rak - Engineer // Robert Sadin - Arranger // Robert Sadin - Producer // Robert Sadin - Mixing // Brian Vibberts - Engineer // Brian Vibberts - Mixing // Grover Washington, Jr. - Sax (Soprano) // Chris Tergesen - Engineer // Eric Calvi - Engineer // Rob Rapley - Engineer // Jon Herrington - Guitar // Allen Weinberg - Art Direction // Jimmy Katz - Photography // Joyce Tenneson - Photography // Jeffrey Young - Production Coordination // Mia Bongiovanni - Production Coordination // Laura Mitgang - Executive Producer
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Composers
Traditional // Paurillo Barroso // Fernando J. Obradors // Jayme Ovalle // Antonín Dvorák // HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) // Robert Sadin // Sérgio Mendes // XAVIER MONTSALVATGE (b.1912) -
Performers
Christian McBride played Bass (Vocal) // Cyrus Chestnut played Piano // Romero Lubambo played Guitar // Marlon Graves played Guitar // Ira Coleman played Bass (Vocal) // James Carter played Clarinet (Bass) // Jon Herrington played Guitar -
Other Details
- Instruments:
- Guitar //
- Piano //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Clarinet (Bass) //
- Soprano (Vocal) //
- Double Bass
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