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- Summary: The latest album from the Grammy-winning R&B singer features pianists such as Dr John, Henry Butler, and Tom McDermott.
- Record Label: Rounder
- Genre(s): R&B, Soul
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| What Can I Do | |
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| What can I do to see you? What do you need from me to believe I mean it? What will it take to change your heart and start again? Tell me what can I... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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The tunes are old and new, borrowed and blue, but Thomas makes them all her own.
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The concept behind Simply Grand was to pair Thomas with a different star pianist on each track, and the results are mostly stunning.
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Simply Grand is the perfect showcase for Thomas’s impressive range and understated power.
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Ms. Thomas sings warmly and forthrightly amid the two-fisted rumbas, R&B vamps, jazz ballads and barrelhouse flourishes. And without getting heavy-handed the song choices haven’t forgotten what happened to her beloved city.
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Concept albums like this can be a mess, but this one justifies its title: it's both simple and grand.
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Take one of the world’s finest singers, pair her with a wide variety of pianists and a selection of impeccably chosen songs, and you get an album of elegant passion and restraint.
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MojoIrma and producer Scott Billington have devised the perfect setting. [Sep 2008, p.1000]
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