Music / jazz

Time traveler


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Jazzwise

2021

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Jane Cornwell

2021

"Aside from a Christmas album that she released in 2013, Time Traveler is vocalist Nnenna Freelon's first studio recording in more than a decade and her first with Origin Records ... While all of the material is required listening, Freelon's self-penned `Just You' deserves to be singled out - a song whose hymnic simplicity and emotional directness goes straight to the heart".


DownBeat

2021 June

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Frank Alkyer

2021 June

"Vocalist Nnenna Freelon has always had a powerful instrument, but rarely, if ever, has she employed that voice in such an intimate way. Freelon recorded Time Traveler following the loss of her husband, Phil, an accomplished architect who led the design of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. On Time Traveler, the Grammy-winner wastes no time in grabbing your attention and pulling you in close. Freelon takes us to church with one of the most riveting versions of "Say A Little Prayer For You" that these ears have ever heard. Her vocals are pure, powerful magic".