Artist: Mina Agossi
Album: Well You Needn't
Label: Candid Records
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Vocal, Vocal Jazz, Modern Jazz
Original Recording Date: June 14, 2005 - June 17, 2005
Original Release Date: March 21, 2006
Quality/Bitrate: FLAC / Mode: 8, Best Compression / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 49:33 Min
Mina Agossi offers listeners her unique singing talents on Well You Needn't,
a 12-track recording that features songs as varied as her creative muse.
Five tracks written by Agossi feature the rarely heard African kamala n'
goni played to perfection by Bachir Sanogo while the other side of Agossi's
musical personality pays tribute to such versatile musicians as Jimi Hendrix on
"Voodoo Chile" and to Thelonious Monk on "Well You Needn't." Known throughout
Europe for the use of her voice as an instrument and charismatic personality,
Agossi's renditions of these songs have sparked a new interest in her vocal,
drum, and bass style, which was evident in her first two recordings released
in France. Agossi's free improvisations are what make this recording memorable
and her fresh approach to vocal jazz(the use of her voice as a horn and guitar)
is reminiscent of Carla Cook's and Suzanne Pittson's innovative vocal eccentricities.
However, "Why Don't You Do Right?" is the sexiest and probably the best song
on this record. ~ Review by Paula Edelstein ~