If Aretha Franklin calls your music 'very hip' there must be something special going on. Nnenna Freelon is a singer with many musical preferences. With a perfect style and feeling for the right songs, she mixes elements from pop, r & b, gospel, hip-hop and jazz. Freelon began her career at the age of seven when she sang Amazing Grace so dazzlingly as a cantor at church services that the enthusiastic
… Amens! were out of the blue. She later worked with Dr. Billy Taylor, Ellis Marsalis and Dianne Reeves and toured with Ray Charles, Al Jarreau and TS Monk's Tentet. Her debut Shaking Free (1996) earned a Grammy nomination as did its follow-up Maiden Voyage (1998), while Soulcall (2000) even earned a double Grammy nomination. On Tales of Wonder we hear her in an inspired and insightful tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of the second half of the last century: Stevie Wonder. Nnenna Freelon always knows how to give the songs her own twist. Her creative interpretations provide stunning new performances, bringing out the strong, timeless lyrics of the songs. (RM)more
