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Now and Then
Studio album by
Ernestine Anderson
Released1993
StudioVocal jazz
LabelQwest
ProducerStix Hooper
Ernestine Anderson chronology
Live at the Concord Jazz Festival Third Set
(1991) 		Now and Then
(1993) 		Three Ladies of Jazz: Live in New York
(1995)

Now and Then is an album by the American musician Ernestine Anderson, released in 1993.[1][2] It was her first album for Quincy Jones's Qwest Records; Jones had been her high school classmate.[3] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female".[4] Now and Then peaked in the top 10 of Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[5] Anderson supported it with a North American tour.[6]

Production

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The album was produced by Stix Hooper.[7] "Monte Carlo Nights" is a duet with Arnold McCuller.[8] Anderson wrote "Wrong Number" and "Ain't No Easy Way".[9] "A Night in Tunisia" is a version of the Dizzy Gillespie composition.[10] Jim Keltner played drums on the album.[11]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]

Billboard called Anderson "an expressive, natural, and never overbearing stylist."[7] USA Today considered the album to be one of 1993's biggest disappointments, writing that "it's a bewildering kitchen-sink jumble of jazz, blues and bad-sounding pop."[13] The Rocket opined that "Anderson is just too damn good for this bland stuff."[11]

Will Friedwald, in A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, labeled the album "a well-crafted [exercise] in acoustic funk."[14]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Jazz Street" 
2."A Night in Tunisia" 
3."One Child" 
4."This Could Be Dangerous" 
5."This Can't Be Love" 
6."Wrong Number" 
7."Ain't No Easy Way" 
8."My Funny Valentine" 
9."Monte Carlo Nights" 
10."When It All Comes Down" 
11."I'll Be Seeing You" 

References

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  1. ^ Reynolds, J. R. (Sep 1993). "Now and Then by Ernestine Anderson". The Black Collegian. Vol. 24, no. 1. p. 58.
  2. ^ "Show profiles legend of Seattle jazz scene". Times Colonist. 22 Aug 2002. p. F3.
  3. ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (16 Mar 2016). "Ernestine Anderson, 87, Versatile Jazz Vocalist". The New York Times. p. B15.
  4. ^ "Ernestine Anderson". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Top 10 Music". Roanoke Times and World-News. Billboard. Sep 4, 1993. p. B8.
  6. ^ Griffin, John (6 July 1994). "For singer, a case of plus ca change". The Gazette. Montreal. p. B6.
  7. ^ a b "Now and Then by Ernestine Anderson". Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 26. Jun 26, 1993. p. 60.
  8. ^ "Setting Standards". Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 36. Sep 4, 1993. p. 21.
  9. ^ Bingham, Carolyn (28 June 1995). "Playboy Jazz Festival". Los Angeles Sentinel. p. B3.
  10. ^ Hale, James (Jul 17, 1994). "Anderson gives thrilling lesson in blending genres". The Ottawa Citizen. p. B8.
  11. ^ a b Penn, Roberta (Jun 1, 1993). "Stamped by Tradition". The Rocket: 61.
  12. ^ "Now and Then Ernestine Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  13. ^ Jones IV, James T. (27 Dec 1993). "Surprising letdowns". USA Today. p. 4D.
  14. ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Knopf Doubleday. p. 6.
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