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Live is short, art long Nov 21, 2009
This is a wonderful piece of art. Intelligent, accomplished, musicians, thumbing their noses at mortality, and conveying through careful, joyous collaboration sheer love of life. Don't make the mistake of treating this as a novelty record. ("Eighty-three, and she sings!"). This is the real thing: the distilled lessons of a life in music. But that's not to say that it isn't the perfect gift for any terrific woman you know who is just turning 30, or 40, or 50 (or 80) and is inclined to brood about it.
Magnificent experience Jul 03, 2009
After listening this you might feel a bit uplifted and enriched...
Mrs. Hunter basically sings in an style quite close to the style from her youth (I checked few examples of her early work on you tube), but there's nothing corny about her performance... She swings! She has impeccable sense of interpretation and emotion AND the sense of rhythm to match it; when she sings the blues (which is actually on minority of the tracks) there's nothing sad; her blues is vital, energetic, emotional!
Having a great back-up band probably helps in making her performance so impressive - Gerald Cook quartet is just fine, adequately conservative, with additional talents of Vic Dickenson, Doc Cheatham and Frank Wess giving soulful support and some impressive solos...
The info on the musicians is not from the CD "booklet" - there is no info whatsoever in the CD I bought, so I had to check other sources. Therefore I'm not quite sure who plays the fine clarinet on this classic album, recorded in 1978 (produced by John Hammond)... But, that's a minor complaint. This is a great listening experience... And Hunter was not even 85 when she recorded this gem...
Old Favorite on New DVD! Mar 04, 2009
I love to listen to Alberta Hunter's singing. This DVD, Amtrak Blues, was recorded late in her life and is fabulous. She was at the age when she was simply having fun while providing wonderful musical entertainment to her audience.
The Grand Dame! Jun 18, 2008
I read many of the reviews of the "Amtrak Blues" album and I was very amused by most of them. Very eloquent prose, but this album defies words. One first must REALLY like the blues/jazz genre and after that, Ms. Hunter lays everything to waste, if you will. I am not a writer or an English major, so I believe most folks that really "dig" this kind of music will agree that this album has no equal. I believe that it can simply be said, "IT IS A GAS" and Ms. Hunter REALLY struts her stuff"!
Alberta Hunter Dec 03, 2007
What more can I say about Alberta Hunter? Anything she has recorded is done with unearthly passion. She's a national treasure.
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