Karima sings Burt

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Marcel
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Karima sings Burt

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Kind Regards,

Marcel :-)
Fussi
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Re: Karima sings Burt

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Hi Marcel, she recorded a whole album of Bacharach songs, but I haven't heard it yet.
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Re: Karima sings Burt

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The tracklisting for the 'Close to You - Karima sings Bacharach' album, released in March this year, goes like this:

1.Medley: The Guy’s In Love With You / A House Is Not A Home 7:11
2.Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home) 5:02
3.(They Long To Be) Close To You 3:40
4.(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me 3:54
5.Walk On By 2:59
6.One Less Bell To Answer 4:13
7.Just Walk Away 3:57
8.The Look Of Love 5:41
9.Wives And Lovers 4:51
10.I Say A Little Prayer 3:15
11.Alfie 6:37
12.What The World Needs Now Is Love 4:39
13.God Give Me Strength 6:06

I'm sure it will be worth a listen as her 'Every Other Hour' (sung in Italian) was tip-top.
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Thanks pljms! Is "Just Walk Away" a new song?
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Re: Karima sings Burt

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I think that the song Just Walk Away is relatively new inasmuch that these days 'new' for Bacharach means anything written in the last ten years! I know that Karima has already recorded the song in 2010 (see the YouTube video link below) but whether the version on her latest album is a re-recording I won't know until I receive the CD.

Paul
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Lucky girl and great ear & Tone!!! Caribbbean!!! Holidaaayyy
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like that "Just walk away"!!! I'm hearing a bit ah Whitney!!!
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Re: Karima sings Burt

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The version of 'Just Walk Away' is a new recording and features Karima with the standard jazz quartet of reeds, keyboards, bass and drums, as does the rest of the album (see promo link below). I find her voice similar in tone to Trijntje Oosterhuis but with the much more pronounced accent of someone who is perhaps less experienced singing in English. Interesting to hear a woman sing 'This Guy's in Love with You' without changing the gender, assuming that the term 'Guy' these days can mean someone of either sex. 'Waiting for Charlie to Come Home' is another number she's performed before and she sounds really at home with it, as she does 'Walk on By' accompanied only by the double bass.

Paul
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