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A Timeless Place

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A Timeless Place
Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedMay 1994
GenreJazz
Length55:51
LabelJustin Time[1]
ProducerJim West
Jeri Brown chronology
"Unfolding" The Peacocks
(1993)
A Timeless Place
(1995)
Fresh Start
(1996)

A Timeless Place is an album by the musician Jeri Brown, released in 1995.[2][3] The album was nominated for a Juno Award for "Best Mainstream Jazz Album".[4]

Production

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The album was produced by Jim West.[5] Brown was accompanied by Jimmy Rowles on piano and Eric Von Essen on bass; Rowles also sang on "Baby, Don't Quit Now".[2][5] The album was recorded in Hollywood in May 1994.[6][7] A classically trained vocalist, Brown decided to sing in a more natural style on A Timeless Place.[8] "Morning Star" was cowritten by Rowles and Johnny Mercer.[7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Calgary HeraldC[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[10]
MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD[7]

Tucson Weekly wrote that "the lyrics are clever, the melodies oddly shaped, the changes sophisticated, and the ambiance more than suggests that stereotypical late night jazz/lounge hang."[11] The Toronto Star stated that "Brown opts for the craft and laid-back intimacy of phrasing exemplified by Cleo Laine and Billie Holiday."[2]

The Calgary Herald determined that "Brown sounds more like a cabaret performer than a jazz vocalist with her straight-arrow ballad renditions, while Rowles furnishes nothing more than barely-adequate accompaniments."[6] The Omaha World-Herald panned the "overdramatic Lena Horne route."[12]

AllMusic wrote that "Brown gives great emphasis and feeling to the often sensuous (and occasionally witty) lyrics."[9]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Morning Star" 
2."After School" 
3."Baby, Don't Quit Now" 
4."A Timeless Place" 
5."Old Orleans" 
6."Music's the Only Thing That's on My Mind" 
7."Fraser" 
8."My Mother's Love" 
9."Looking Back" 

References

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  1. ^ "Song and Study". The Gazette. Montreal. 27 May 1996. p. E2.
  2. ^ a b c Chapman, Geoff (1 Apr 1995). "Jeri Brown A Timeless Place". Toronto Star. p. J16.
  3. ^ Kanzler, George (4 Jan 1996). "All That Jazz". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Newhouse News Service. p. 15.
  4. ^ "The Nominees". Edmonton Journal. 1 Feb 1996. p. C1.
  5. ^ a b c MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Schirmer Trade Books. 1998. p. 163.
  6. ^ a b c Brennan, Brian (8 Apr 1995). "Jeri Brown, Jimmy Rowles: A Timeless Place". Calgary Herald. p. G4.
  7. ^ a b c The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books Ltd. 2000. p. 204.
  8. ^ LeBlanc, Larry (Apr 6, 1996). "Jazz singer Jeri Brown off to 'Fresh Start'". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 14. p. 80.
  9. ^ a b "Jeri Brown, Jimmy Rowles A Timeless Place". AllMusic.
  10. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 886.
  11. ^ "Quick Scans". Tucson Weekly.
  12. ^ Smith, Will (June 11, 1995). "Jeri Brown...". Entertainment. Omaha World-Herald. p. 10.