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Amos Lee (CD)

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Amos Lee Artist Snapshot:

One of the brightest figures in the revamped soft-rock movement of the early 2000s, Amos Lee offers the sort of tastefully jazz-inflected singer-songwriter stylings that made artists like James Taylor and Carly Simon such stars in the 1970s. Lee has made a name for himself by deftly mixing country, folk, and jazz into the framework of smart, contemporary pop songs, and earned a place on the legendary Blue Note Records roster along with fellow jazz/folk darling Norah Jones.

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DISC 1 for Amos Lee (CD) Album By Amos Lee (Artist)
1   Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight
2   Seen It All Before
3   Arms Of A Woman
4   Give It Up
5   Dreamin'
6   Soul Suckers
7   Colors
8   Bottom Of The Barrel
9   Black River
10   Love In The Lies
11   All My Friends
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.74) - 3 stars out of 5 - "His mix of acoustic guitar and R&B-bred singing is more reminiscent of Bill Withers or Tracy Chapman."
Entertainment Weekly (No. 809, p.73) - "[T]his Philly troubadour crafts concise, soulful songs with a warm palette of acoustic colors..." - Grade: B+
Uncut (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 - "He's got a sly easy-on-the-ear voice that lies somewhere between Seal and James Taylor..."
Vibe (p.168) - "[S]tout in musicianship yet delicate in tone."
Dirty Linen (p.61) - "He utilizes his falsetto quivering voice in a very effective manner and will sometimes go into a scat style that has tinges of a jazz singer's delivery."

Title Note

Personnel: Amos Lee (vocals, guitar); Adam Levy (guitar, background vocals); Kevin Breit (acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, mandolin); Nate Skiles (mandolin); H.S. Alexandra Leem (viola); Larry Gold (cello); Norah Jones (piano, Wurlitzer piano, background vocals); Devin Greenwood (Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ, background vocals); Lee Alexander (bass guitar, drum); Chris Thomas, Jaron Olevsky (bass guitar); James Gadson, Fred Berman (drums, background vocals); Dan Rieser (drums).

Recording information: The Magic Shop, New York, New York (2004); Sear Sound Studio, New York, New York (2004).

There's no denying that Norah Jones's name is thrown around a lot regarding her labelmate Amos Lee's Blue Note debut. Lee gained renown through touring with her, and Jones and her band are heard lending a hand on the album. Other than a tendency to keep things on the quiet side, though, the comparisons pretty much stop there. Where Jones's piano-based music draws heavily from her love of jazz standards, Lee is another story altogether. His combination of low-key folk-rock and old-school R&B positions him as something of a Bill Withers for the 21st century. Indeed, his silky/soulful voice and emotive, acoustic-guitar-based songs reveal a strong Withers influence, something all too rare in contemporary pop music, R&B or otherwise. Tracks such as "Arms of a Woman" reveal Lee to be a dyed-in-the-wool romantic, but "Bottom of the Barrel" and others indicate his ability to step outside of love-song tropes for a well-rounded songwriting approach.

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