LoginBeing Myself
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Lena Horne's Being Myself is the flip side of Sinatra's September of My Years; rather than gazing backward ruefully, the 81-year-old diva throws herself a well-earned party, wryly celebrating late-life romance on "As Long as I Live" and laughing at despair on "Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues." Even when the disc takes a turn toward the ruminative--"After You," "Willow Weep for Me"--Horne tempers downheartedness with a sly bluesiness. The arrangements, which mostly place her in small-group jazz settings, stay out of the way of the wisdom on display here. --Rickey Wright
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Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
Release date: 2 June 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0724383428625 UPC: 724383428625
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Release date: 2 June 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0724383428625 UPC: 724383428625
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