Eden Atwood - This Is Always

Eden Atwood is one of the best kept secrets of jazz.
Playing this album (180 g 45 rpm vinyl) brings an hour filled with musical enjoyment. The recording quality is superb, it brings you into the session. Eden sings with a lot of soul, her style borders on the raw rather than the over polished, which makes the songs come alive with emotion.
Superb set of musicians. Tom Harrell brings in a spontaneity rare in recordings these days, as in the first cut (Without a Song) where his flugelhorn weaves around the vocals of Atwood, as if coaxing her next sigh.

The sparse arrangement of "Blame It on My Youth" brings home the point of the song, and bares its heartache.

Overall a nice selection of ballads that Atwood makes her own.

This album and this artist deserve a wider audience.