Her friend brought a camcorder. The recording instruments were inside this small cavern club. The brick walled room of about 30 people capacity brought the perfect acoustical parameters. They did it with superb equipments and put into something into it that was only realized when dolby surround sound was perfected years later. The soundstage is so wide you do not need to play it in digital format to hear the 3d effect. My friend, a sound engineer said it is amazing, it was like they were already seeing a wider soundstage effect during that time.
I'm a tough, metalplaying bearded dad in the construction business. I love to drift cars and lift weights, play videogames etc etc. But it doesn't matter when Eva sings. I literally tear up every single time i hear Eva sing this song. Now that's reaching someone! I adore her!
@@albinullanger7862 hope you're still lovin' Eva. Just found a pair of heavy metal singers/ reactors called the Wolf Hunterz who are bringing Eva's songs to a new generation. So good to see young people appreciating her exquisite art. Seasons greetings from Scotland
So many years ago, my bass player handed me a cassette tape of Live at Blues Alley. As a singer myself, I was always asked who my favorite singer was... and there is no real answer for that. But from that point on, Eva became the answer to many a question. She delivers pure raw perfect vocals no matter the song, no matter the genre; Blues, Jazz, rock, Gospel. Blue Note blew it big time when they wouldn't let her make the album she wanted to make. She refused to be put in a box. Emotions aren't wrapped in a box, they need to be expressed many ways. The best singers feel all emotions and can deliver them all. She expressed them all, in her delivery, her writings and her paintings.
It is so amazing how Eva can take a song we have heard a million times by a million other performers and just make it seem like we have never "really heard or understood". It like the first time we are hearing it. It always come across as though "this is how it was intended to be song".
She was a gifted arranger as well as a singer and guitarist. I think the best example is her "rediscovery" of Over the Rainbow. I was hypnotized the first time I heard it. This beloved song done by the best interpreter of songs of her time, Judy Garland, has somehow been retranslated by our beautiful songbird. I was listening to a familiar song , but at the same time a new song and a new way to listen to those same words. When a great Jazz artist comes on the music scene, you expect her or him to find new ways of "telling the same story" with their interpretation of songs. If the artist doesn't do that, well, they soon fade away. Eva's Jazz work might have made her a star in that genre. But to take on the most beloved song in the American Songbook made Eva Cassidy fearless. I think that may be why this fan loved her work.
You are so right, many sing this lovely song, including me, but absolutely NO one can do it like the late great Eva, we sure do miss her, what a talent.
I only discovered Eva Cassidy recently when she showed up as a recommendation in my feed. The song was Autumn Leaves and once I listened, I was hooked and changed forever. I then listened to her rendition of Over the Rainbow. My God...the angelic pureness of her voice, her ability to give each song new life and make them uniquely her own. She can touch my soul in a way no other singer can. What a shame that she was taken from us so young. I picture her in heaven with her guitar, sweetly singing, with the angels all sitting around her in pure rapture.
I'm 75 years old and this brings back memories of all the fine jazz and big band singers we've had over the years but she surely must be near the very top.....she was just so good.
The song has beaten most famous singers... ella, sarah, not that good, etta james and billy holiday awful, oddly marvin gaye and joni mitchel took very good shots at it.. but trying to do it with strings ruined every attempt to do that... joni would have done well, but for a horrid mixing.
Oh my God! Are you kidding me? Eva is just beyond anything we as humble people deserve. I simply can’t get enough of her greatness. This is simply beyond human endeavor. God bless you Eva. Thank you so much!
Such precise intonation. But more remarkable still is her absolutely masterful control of dynamics. from full bore gospel scream to an intimate pillow talk jazz voice inside one bar! @3:30 Astonishing.
I play flute, and Eva is my number one teacher. The dynamics, when to use vibrato, etc. My whole musical goal in life is to be able to play any of her songs and come close to the dynamics. That's makes the whole thing. My biggest problem, besides that I'm not good, is that all her songs are in a key to low for the flute range, so I have to either play them in a higher octave, which misses the point and sounds terrible, or transpose the sheet music a bit higher so it still sounds like her song. BUT THEN, finding a good backing track in the new key in Eva's style is nearly impossible. But all in all, I love, love, love listening to her, and I content myself with that, and the hope that I can learn from her dynamics and how she handles each note so incredibly lovingly. Thank you flat5sharp11 - we are on the same page.
She's is very soulful! What I really love is that she kept it jazzy, adding a touch of blues towards the end and totally understated! appreciate that in a singer. She has major chops! She could have taken thevgospel and R&B routes because she has the range or chops to do that, but she didn't!. This song was written as a jazz standard and she kept it true to the way it was written, melody first! I digg her for that. I sing this song and it's pretty in and of itself, doesn't need a lot of rifts and runs! She's got a new fan!
She is so gifted there is no messing , no drama. Just this beautiful crisp clear angelic voice she is the best vocalist to have ever have graced this earth !
She is one of the few singers I see using contrasts in her voice and performance. What makes her songs so powerful is that she's very moderate in what she does. She could've belted out all those notes but instead we hear these whisper-like notes, then she gradually switches to her powerful voice... :) Just a thing I noticed recently. I am so thankful to see these new videos (this and the Nightbird one). Thank you, millions of thanks, really. If it were my b-day, I would've considered this the most beautiful present possible -- this, or a guitar would probably be as valuable to me as well, to be honest. I am such a great fan, I know almost all of her songs (I daresay there are a few that went unnoticed) but I listened to her albums and I myself sing her songs. She's just my idol, as silly as that sounds. In a time when I didn't knew myself as a singer, Eva gave me a lot of inspiration that contributed to what I am today (musically speaking). We are blessed to have had the chance to listen to such a voice, and more and more lists should start including her in the top female voices, female guitarists etc. Unfortunately there are few people who appreciate her guitar playing, but what she does on guitar is just as beautiful. Also, the band members and those who came up with these arrangements should get some credit as well. The sound of the band overall is very good. It shows the compositions were well thought of.
That's what I thought when I first listened to her sing"People Get Ready". She takes out the big sound when she is ready, and then puts it back in her pocket,as if to say,"see that's what I can do..."
You are so correct in all you said, including the fact that she is so talented as well on the guitar. She has such control of her voice, it's remarkable!
Yes, amazing contrast and control both building up and coming down. First time I heard this song, about 3:30 the full out power back down to the soft tones just blew me away.
Billie wrote it and yes she does own it!!! However, she paved the way and left her footprints, and a canvas of this tune for all us singers to draw from! If you really wanna know other singer who own this song check out the many versions of Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O'Day and younger jazz singers on the scene today executing this very song, written by Billies Holiday! Eva, did a lovely job on this tune.
@@1nikitawhite You make a good point, and I am familiar with Ella, Sara, Dinah and Anita O'day as well. Saw Dinah while I was in the Army in Germany. Saw Ella in Chicago in the 60's, and Sassy was always a favoite. Eva ranks up there with those singers, and her take on this is among the best I've heard.
@@bobkallberg825 she's a good singer I like what she did with the tune creatively speaking and from a musical standpoint, but the ending she kinda went into blues riffs and not jazz riffs she had done throughout most of the tune, Many singers do that and I guess it's ok. I love it when singers sing traditional jazz as traditional jazz start too end. Blues has its place and it works on this tune but for me there are a million different endings that could've been utilized beautifully here. I've also seen Ella in the early 70's, Sarah at Blue Note in the 80, Mel Torme at Carnegie Hall, Betty Carter, Annie Ross, John Hendrix, Ray Charles, Abby Lincoln, and the best of the best I grew up with this music at home. My family has amazing singers and musicians. I'm no expert by no stretch of the imagination. When folks start claiming singers are in the same category as mentioned singers...well that's a pretty far stretch respectfully! When I hear singers like Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Cecile McLaren Salvant, Jazzmeia Horn, and Brianna Thomas well....they are in that same category and has studied jazz on a whole from Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Mama Rainey, Bessie Smith. I'll give Ava a good job, though.The overall feeling, phrasing, note choice is good, but the ending could've been more with the traditional jazz phrasing which she did upfront in the tune. I will explore more of her music. I've only heard her on that one tune while browsing UA-cam, and I saw your comment I did enjoy her for sure and will check her out on other songs. Thank you for your comment. Peace 7
What an AMAZING nite that must have been a Blues Alley 1/3/96. Every song was perfection in choice, voice, and execution. I would have left there shattered and profoundly inspired in equal parts!
Thank God she was recorded and filmed. She sings a greater reality. Moving, subtle, powerful, pure. It transcends technique, so much so the voice seems to go directly to the heart.
Breathtaking live performance, not only by Eva but supported perfectly by the band. Her display of dynamic control and phrasing here shows exactly what she had. That combination of feeling, awareness and perfect pitch that most others will never attain. The fourth bar of the bridge the second time, was when my heart exploded!! Bless you !!
Amazing voice and talent Eva Cassidy. Thank you for posting this video, such a blessing to hear this lovely womans' beautiful voice. I know Eva is singing the high notes with the angels in heaven. Truly an wonderful singer.
Eva captures the spirit of this song like no one else has ever done. The pain, the sadness, the disappointment and also the anger and frustration at the realization that your lover has changed. Brilliant.
I am amazed at how much I am touched by Eva's voice no matter what genre she is in. Her beautiful sense of timing, pitch, dynamics, and great range inspire me as well as her story and determination to stick to her guns. It is a shame that the record industry couldn't think out of the box during her auditions and even more of a shame that Eva couldn't live long enough to see the beauty of her voice loved by millions across the world. She is definitely my favorite singer of all time.
By far- one of the most incredible voices that ever delivered a note. She sings like the sweetest of horn players and this here moves me to tears every damn time. RIP songbird- Eva- you left us far too soon.❤
Love Ella, Sara, Billie,......but, this woman is just incredible! She LIVES the song....1st time I heard her...I am blown away....I am a clarinetist...
2:08. The way that she looks right into my eyes. I have listened to her rendition of this song for a long time, but never watched the live recording itself until today. Incredible. Today is my 21st birthday. I have definitely changed for the better since I first heard this song. Thank you, Eva, for getting me through so many long work nights.
Eva's live on stage recordings are better than other performers that do take after take the studio, with auto tune, filters, effects, and all the tricks. These recordings are pure Eva, and just great!
Je ne trouve pas les mots pour décrire à quel point Eva cassidy est fantastique. Personnellement elle me transcende comme peu le peuvent et me touche à un point que je ne saurai qualifier. Elle est tout simplement génialissime au possible. Une tragédie qu’elle soit morte si tôt. Qu’elle repose en paix, je ne saurai jamais assez la remercier d’à quel point sa musique m’a aidé et m’aide encore aujourd’hui… merci madame vous êtes formidable et même d’en haut vous continuez à nous gracier de votre splendide talent.
I have listen to Etta James...which is good....Miki Howard is my all time favorite version...but damn!!!...this is one i had not heard and i am so very very close to making it my favorite...just wow! 😎
You've Changed You've changed That sparkle in your eyes is gone Your smile is just a careless yawn You're breaking my heart You've changed You've changed Your kisses now are so blase You're bored with me in every way I can't understand You've changed You've forgotten the words, I love you Each memory that we've shared You ignore every star above you I can't realize you've ever cared You've changed You're not the angel I once knew No need to tell me that we're through It's all over now You've changed You've forgotten the words, I love you Each memory that we've shared You ignore every star above you I can't realize you've ever cared You've changed You're not the angel I once knew No need to tell me that we're through It's all over now You've changed You've changed
I love everything she does. This one is truly one of her greatest. A true treasure. I don’t mean to make light of this but it’s just Eva breathing. No tricks. No additional effort. Just Eva breathing. Wow! She is just the single greatest courier of song to ever deliver to us. Pure heaven. I wish I could’ve experienced her wonder in person but I didn’t get to. Thankfully we have the recordings. What a blessing. Thank you so much Eva! Thank you so much.
I’m 69 and I’m so inLove with her voice it is so beautiful and can make your heart sing and tears roll down your eyes, May she be singing with the Angels
So grateful to and wish I could remember who told me about Eva Cassidy because unfortunately most of the singers with real talent don't get the airplay.
I"m back to hear my favorite version of this great old song, Eva Cassidy pretty much owns this song, her interpretation of it is just incredible, it shows off her remarkable range, and unforgettable talent. We miss her. She had so much to give and left us far, far too soon. RIP, EC.
What a thrill. So fearlessly and effortlessly performed it's like a message directly from her heart to yours transmitting the real meaning and feeling of the song that the writer wanted to convey.
Cuando canta Eva Cassidy, con esa pasión, esa magia y esa concentración , para mí se para el mundo y no hay nada más bello y emocionante que escucharla. Suerte para los que los la disfrutaron en directo y pudieron conocerla.
The beauty of her silky voice. the smoothness just exudes from her with every word she sings Eva is one of a kind . Lovely and has graced us with her talent to make any song her own.
Her and Chet Baker perform from a place that is beyond this earth.Is musicality,soul, feeling,pureness,divine talent and something unexplainable and magic that reaches to our soul and shower us with light.
Eva! If there is a true happiness, it's when I listen to you. And I don't grieve over your loss. Though your presence was small, but it was and will be felt, nonetheless, till emotions rule us.
Her voice was unparalleled...never has there been such an instrument on display....the enflection and vibrato is just from another dimension....see God once in awhile let's have one of his angels for a short time.... thank you Lord for sharing this beautiful women with us...💘💘💘💘
For me, it goes beyond the obvious beauty of her voice, the impeccable phrasing, her unequaled ability to re-interpret the most well known standards making them breath new life thus making them her own (yes, very possibly surpassing Frank) and her clear cut commitment to the songs and those who gave them birth . For me, it's the words and emotions inspired by the thousands who've written posts on each of her UA-cam videos. They alone are an inspiration, moving real time tributes to a young woman, who in my opinion was the greatest female singer of all time.
I would put her with Janis Joplin as the two greatest white female modern singers. I wouldn’t want to compare her with Whitney or Aretha because they had more power but not quite the same "sung from an aching heart" quality.
What a miracle that somebody recorded this night in Blues Alley.
It was a recording session. The visual though was unplanned.
Her friend brought a camcorder. The recording instruments were inside this small cavern club. The brick walled room of about 30 people capacity brought the perfect acoustical parameters. They did it with superb equipments and put into something into it that was only realized when dolby surround sound was perfected years later. The soundstage is so wide you do not need to play it in digital format to hear the 3d effect. My friend, a sound engineer said it is amazing, it was like they were already seeing a wider soundstage effect during that time.
I read an article that they pulled all their money together to record this for historical purposes
I was there that night.
life is bringing light where the Heart shines...you are blessed ... 🐬🐬 Didier
I'm a tough, metalplaying bearded dad in the construction business. I love to drift cars and lift weights, play videogames etc etc. But it doesn't matter when Eva sings. I literally tear up every single time i hear Eva sing this song. Now that's reaching someone! I adore her!
Hahahahahahahhaa
Then you’re a great man
I don't relate to all you said except the beard and the love of Eva's voice, gets me every time.
@@philpiper It has to be a universal weakness 🤷♂️
@@albinullanger7862 hope you're still lovin' Eva. Just found a pair of heavy metal singers/ reactors called the Wolf Hunterz who are bringing Eva's songs to a new generation. So good to see young people appreciating her exquisite art.
Seasons greetings from Scotland
So many years ago, my bass player handed me a cassette tape of Live at Blues Alley. As a singer myself, I was always asked who my favorite singer was... and there is no real answer for that. But from that point on, Eva became the answer to many a question. She delivers pure raw perfect vocals no matter the song, no matter the genre; Blues, Jazz, rock, Gospel. Blue Note blew it big time when they wouldn't let her make the album she wanted to make. She refused to be put in a box. Emotions aren't wrapped in a box, they need to be expressed many ways. The best singers feel all emotions and can deliver them all. She expressed them all, in her delivery, her writings and her paintings.
Wonderfully said. It's so telling that the head of Blue Note confessed that passing on her was the biggest regret of his career.
And this is live!! there are artists out there today who couldn't reproduce this in a studio even with electronics.
That is SO true, which just goes to show what an incredible voice she had. Such remarkable control over it.
LIVE! and alive!
Can I give 100 thumbs up.
Even when she was playing and singing with only her guitar.
Beautiful voice
It is so amazing how Eva can take a song we have heard a million times by a million other performers and just make it seem like we have never "really heard or understood". It like the first time we are hearing it. It always come across as though "this is how it was intended to be song".
I agree
How true, and what is even more amazing is how many people have never heard of her. Maybe the greatest interpreter and vocalist ever.
She was a gifted arranger as well as a singer and guitarist. I think the best example is her "rediscovery" of Over the Rainbow. I was hypnotized the first time I heard it. This beloved song done by the best interpreter of songs of her time, Judy Garland, has somehow been retranslated by our beautiful songbird. I was listening to a familiar song , but at the same time a new song and a new way to listen to those same words.
When a great Jazz artist comes on the music scene, you expect her or him to find new ways of "telling the same story" with their interpretation of songs. If the artist doesn't do that, well, they soon fade away. Eva's Jazz work might have made her a star in that genre. But to take on the most beloved song in the American Songbook made Eva Cassidy fearless. I think that may be why this fan loved her work.
You are so right, many sing this lovely song, including me, but absolutely NO one can do it like the late great Eva, we sure do miss her, what a talent.
100% correct! I'm so glad this was recorded -- RIP, little songbird!
I only discovered Eva Cassidy recently when she showed up as a recommendation in my feed. The song was Autumn Leaves and once I listened, I was hooked and changed forever. I then listened to her rendition of Over the Rainbow. My God...the angelic pureness of her voice, her ability to give each song new life and make them uniquely her own. She can touch my soul in a way no other singer can. What a shame that she was taken from us so young. I picture her in heaven with her guitar, sweetly singing, with the angels all sitting around her in pure rapture.
Yes...touches the heart of memory, perhaps regret...but love too.
Yeah, it was Autumn Leaves for me too. Then so many others that she made her own.
Same here. I’ve been on a quest to listen to as many renditions of Autumn Leaves and comparing it to Eva’s. She’s the best!
Yes, the autumn leaves was one of the first ones I listened to by her. Nobody else compares!
same here... a very rare talent
I'm 84 and I can't stop the tears
I get it Ron. She's that good.
Ron I am 71 and do understand
I'm 66 and my tears flow, too. Music is powerful. It makes us feel our soul.
I'm 75 years old and this brings back memories of all the fine jazz and big band singers we've had over the years but she surely must be near the very top.....she was just so good.
Hoping your all still around to feel....
Oh. My. God. She blows me away every time. What a tragedy, gone at age 33.
I am past 80 years of age, and never have I heard a better interpretation of any song by a diva than this one.
The song has beaten most famous singers... ella, sarah, not that good, etta james and billy holiday awful, oddly marvin gaye and joni mitchel took very good shots at it.. but trying to do it with strings ruined every attempt to do that... joni would have done well, but for a horrid mixing.
Oh my God! Are you kidding me? Eva is just beyond anything we as humble people deserve. I simply can’t get enough of her greatness. This is simply beyond human endeavor. God bless you Eva. Thank you so much!
yes....
Such precise intonation. But more remarkable still is her absolutely masterful control of dynamics. from full bore gospel scream to an intimate pillow talk jazz voice inside one bar! @3:30
Astonishing.
Also loved her ability to know when and when not to use vibrato. Incredibly effective.
Great observations flat 5 Sharp.
I play flute, and Eva is my number one teacher. The dynamics, when to use vibrato, etc. My whole musical goal in life is to be able to play any of her songs and come close to the dynamics. That's makes the whole thing. My biggest problem, besides that I'm not good, is that all her songs are in a key to low for the flute range, so I have to either play them in a higher octave, which misses the point and sounds terrible, or transpose the sheet music a bit higher so it still sounds like her song. BUT THEN, finding a good backing track in the new key in Eva's style is nearly impossible. But all in all, I love, love, love listening to her, and I content myself with that, and the hope that I can learn from her dynamics and how she handles each note so incredibly lovingly. Thank you flat5sharp11 - we are on the same page.
Nobody else, nobody, can do this
She's is very soulful! What I really love is that she kept it jazzy, adding a touch of blues towards the end and totally understated! appreciate that in a singer. She has major chops! She could have taken thevgospel and R&B routes because she has the range or chops to do that, but she didn't!. This song was written as a jazz standard and she kept it true to the way it was written, melody first! I digg her for that. I sing this song and it's pretty in and of itself, doesn't need a lot of rifts and runs! She's got a new fan!
One of the greatest voices ever! Gone too soon but never to be forgotten. Her rendition of You've Changed...she owns this song.
I'm gonna say this is the most extraordinary vocal I've ever seen and heard. Simply amazing.
Still today The Best !
yes...
She is so gifted there is no messing , no drama. Just this beautiful crisp clear angelic voice she is the best vocalist to have ever have graced this earth !
Agree
Just beautiful.
James Murphy-Walsh second to Mariah
Yes I agree listening to her brings me to tears just such a beautiful voice we are blessed to have her recordings.
Was, sadly.
I love this song. No one can top Eva Cassidy on this song!❤️
Nancy Wilson does a pretty nice cover too. Love Eva though.
She is one of the few singers I see using contrasts in her voice and performance. What makes her songs so powerful is that she's very moderate in what she does. She could've belted out all those notes but instead we hear these whisper-like notes, then she gradually switches to her powerful voice... :) Just a thing I noticed recently. I am so thankful to see these new videos (this and the Nightbird one). Thank you, millions of thanks, really. If it were my b-day, I would've considered this the most beautiful present possible -- this, or a guitar would probably be as valuable to me as well, to be honest. I am such a great fan, I know almost all of her songs (I daresay there are a few that went unnoticed) but I listened to her albums and I myself sing her songs. She's just my idol, as silly as that sounds. In a time when I didn't knew myself as a singer, Eva gave me a lot of inspiration that contributed to what I am today (musically speaking). We are blessed to have had the chance to listen to such a voice, and more and more lists should start including her in the top female voices, female guitarists etc. Unfortunately there are few people who appreciate her guitar playing, but what she does on guitar is just as beautiful. Also, the band members and those who came up with these arrangements should get some credit as well. The sound of the band overall is very good. It shows the compositions were well thought of.
That's what I thought when I first listened to her sing"People Get Ready". She takes out the big sound when she is ready, and then puts it back in her pocket,as if to say,"see that's what I can do..."
You are so correct in all you said, including the fact that she is so talented as well on the guitar. She has such control of her voice, it's remarkable!
total control of her instruments. Not only her voice with breath, rhythm, emotion, depth but also in her guitar playing.
It doesn't sound silly at all, having Eva as your idol, I'm sure you are not alone. She was exceptional in every way.
Yes, amazing contrast and control both building up and coming down. First time I heard this song, about 3:30 the full out power back down to the soft tones just blew me away.
I used to think that Billy Holiday owned this song, but Eva has me reconsidering. She touches me like Billy does.
Hadn't heard of this singer before today but she's quite good though I like Sarah Vaughan's version the most
Billie wrote it and yes she does own it!!! However, she paved the way and left her footprints, and a canvas of this tune for all us singers to draw from! If you really wanna know other singer who own this song check out the many versions of Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O'Day and younger jazz singers on the scene today executing this very song, written by Billies Holiday! Eva, did a lovely job on this tune.
@@1nikitawhite You make a good point, and I am familiar with Ella, Sara, Dinah and Anita O'day as well. Saw Dinah while I was in the Army in Germany. Saw Ella in Chicago in the 60's, and Sassy was always a favoite. Eva ranks up there with those singers, and her take on this is among the best I've heard.
@@bobkallberg825 she's a good singer I like what she did with the tune creatively speaking and from a musical standpoint, but the ending she kinda went into blues riffs and not jazz riffs she had done throughout most of the tune, Many singers do that and I guess it's ok. I love it when singers sing traditional jazz as traditional jazz start too end. Blues has its place and it works on this tune but for me there are a million different endings that could've been utilized beautifully here. I've also seen Ella in the early 70's, Sarah at Blue Note in the 80, Mel Torme at Carnegie Hall, Betty Carter, Annie Ross, John Hendrix, Ray Charles, Abby Lincoln, and the best of the best I grew up with this music at home. My family has amazing singers and musicians. I'm no expert by no stretch of the imagination. When folks start claiming singers are in the same category as mentioned singers...well that's a pretty far stretch respectfully! When I hear singers like Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Cecile McLaren Salvant, Jazzmeia Horn, and Brianna Thomas well....they are in that same category and has studied jazz on a whole from Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Mama Rainey, Bessie Smith. I'll give Ava a good job, though.The overall feeling, phrasing, note choice is good, but the ending could've been more with the traditional jazz phrasing which she did upfront in the tune. I will explore more of her music. I've only heard her on that one tune while browsing UA-cam, and I saw your comment I did enjoy her for sure and will check her out on other songs. Thank you for your comment.
Peace
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One thing that will never change, is my admiration for this beautiful young lady. RIP Eva.
What an AMAZING nite that must have been a Blues Alley 1/3/96. Every song was perfection in choice, voice, and execution. I would have left there shattered and profoundly inspired in equal parts!
Nicely put, I so agree! Imagine what this would have sounded like with a full orchestra, although she preferred small groups. Her group is fabulous.
She had a cold both nights
Alan S. Most remarkably, everyone on that stage had a full time “regular job.”
I was there, my cousin gave me a cassette 😊 after that I just had to see the face behind that amazing voice. We are truly a vapor in the wind.
Paula Barnes so lucky
This was and still is one wonderful amazing talent....I love this woman...how sad she was not on this earth longer....xx
Tragic...all those great iconic songs she could have dismantled..put back together and thrilled the world with.
Thank God she was recorded and filmed. She sings a greater reality. Moving, subtle, powerful, pure. It transcends technique, so much so the voice seems to go directly to the heart.
Rest In Peace Eva Cassidy ...
RIP EVA
Breathtaking live performance, not only by Eva but supported perfectly by the band. Her display of dynamic control and phrasing here shows exactly what she had. That combination of feeling, awareness and perfect pitch that most others will never attain. The fourth bar of the bridge the second time, was when my heart exploded!! Bless you !!
I adore this song. She has such an angelic voice, but so powerful.
I've been listening to Eva for over 20 years from a early age. She still timeless. RIP Eva ❤️
I can't stop listening to this song. Fantastic.
RIP Eva
yes mesmerising
Magical
She has the clarity and soul of the American greats. You can hear every word and this is why such singers never fade. An absolute joy to listen.
Amazing voice and talent Eva Cassidy. Thank you for posting this video, such a blessing to hear this lovely womans' beautiful voice. I know Eva is singing the high notes with the angels in heaven. Truly an wonderful singer.
One of the very best voices I’ve ever heard in my life. RIP ❤
This is just so beautiful and touched me to the point i cried.
I agree, every time I hear it, it brings me to tears, just can't help it, and I'm so sad she's gone.
Eva captures the spirit of this song like no one else has ever done. The pain, the sadness, the disappointment and also the anger and frustration at the realization that your lover has changed. Brilliant.
She was so very special.....gosh I wish she was still with us! Amazing voice and control.
I am amazed at how much I am touched by Eva's voice no matter what genre she is in. Her beautiful sense of timing, pitch, dynamics, and great range inspire me as well as her story and determination to stick to her guns. It is a shame that the record industry couldn't think out of the box during her auditions and even more of a shame that Eva couldn't live long enough to see the beauty of her voice loved by millions across the world. She is definitely my favorite singer of all time.
Very nice vocal interp of this classic.
LOVE HER THE WORLD MISSES HER
By far- one of the most incredible voices that ever delivered a note. She sings like the sweetest of horn players and this here moves me to tears every damn time. RIP songbird- Eva- you left us far too soon.❤
Love Ella, Sara, Billie,......but, this woman is just incredible! She LIVES the song....1st time I heard her...I am blown away....I am a clarinetist...
GODDESS
He was not the Gift, you are and your Angelic Voice....thank you for sharing your gift with the Hungry.....❤❤❤
2:08. The way that she looks right into my eyes. I have listened to her rendition of this song for a long time, but never watched the live recording itself until today. Incredible. Today is my 21st birthday. I have definitely changed for the better since I first heard this song. Thank you, Eva, for getting me through so many long work nights.
Best song ever
Eva's live on stage recordings are better than other performers that do take after take the studio, with auto tune, filters, effects, and all the tricks. These recordings are pure Eva, and just great!
Je ne trouve pas les mots pour décrire à quel point Eva cassidy est fantastique. Personnellement elle me transcende comme peu le peuvent et me touche à un point que je ne saurai qualifier. Elle est tout simplement génialissime au possible. Une tragédie qu’elle soit morte si tôt. Qu’elle repose en paix, je ne saurai jamais assez la remercier d’à quel point sa musique m’a aidé et m’aide encore aujourd’hui… merci madame vous êtes formidable et même d’en haut vous continuez à nous gracier de votre splendide talent.
Melhor interpretação de Eva Cassidy.
perfection
Don't have no words to describe her singing 🥺
Folk, blues and now jazz. Unbelievable!
Beautiful!
I have listen to Etta James...which is good....Miki Howard is my all time favorite version...but damn!!!...this is one i had not heard and i am so very very close to making it my favorite...just wow! 😎
That how good Eva was.
You've Changed
You've changed
That sparkle in your eyes is gone
Your smile is just a careless yawn
You're breaking my heart
You've changed
You've changed
Your kisses now are so blase
You're bored with me in every way
I can't understand
You've changed
You've forgotten the words, I love you
Each memory that we've shared
You ignore every star above you
I can't realize you've ever cared
You've changed
You're not the angel I once knew
No need to tell me that we're through
It's all over now
You've changed
You've forgotten the words, I love you
Each memory that we've shared
You ignore every star above you
I can't realize you've ever cared
You've changed
You're not the angel I once knew
No need to tell me that we're through
It's all over now
You've changed
You've changed
I'm not just entertained, I'm grateful to be able to see this video.
What a wonderful song and best performance. I love her beautiful voice.
She was a great spirit singing that"s why God has called her back home.In the world music I miss her most of all.Rest in peace my dear.
wow!, thanks you life by discover this artist, its a gift
Love It! What a loss!
Awesome!
I love everything she does. This one is truly one of her greatest. A true treasure. I don’t mean to make light of this but it’s just Eva breathing. No tricks. No additional effort. Just Eva breathing. Wow! She is just the single greatest courier of song to ever deliver to us. Pure heaven. I wish I could’ve experienced her wonder in person but I didn’t get to. Thankfully we have the recordings. What a blessing. Thank you so much Eva! Thank you so much.
I’m 69 and I’m so inLove with her voice it is so beautiful and can make your heart sing and tears roll down your eyes, May she be singing with the Angels
The absolute best version of this song I've heard so far!!!! Amazing 👏
So grateful to and wish I could remember who told me about Eva Cassidy because unfortunately most of the singers with real talent don't get the airplay.
Try Veronica Swift. Her album “This Bitter Earth”. No relation to the other.
I suggest an Apps for you. WBGO, a jazz radio station out of New Jersey. You’ll hear a lot of great vocalists. Many current.
This is such a great song to sing and Eva does that so beautifully!!
Wow what a voice an a blessing to us
Wow! And that says it all !
Wow what a talent, applause ❤
Perfect phrasing, intonation, and timber..
Her voice is smooth as silk
I"m back to hear my favorite version of this great old song, Eva Cassidy pretty much owns this song, her interpretation of it is just incredible, it shows off her remarkable range, and unforgettable talent. We miss her. She had so much to give and left us far, far too soon. RIP, EC.
What a thrill. So fearlessly and effortlessly performed it's like a message directly from her heart to yours transmitting the real meaning and feeling of the song that the writer wanted to convey.
💎💎🎶🎶💖💖Merveilleuse EVA , Voix Magique de Perfection 💖💖🎶🎶💎💎
Can't get this out of my head ever since I heard Eva Cassidy sing it. Haunting and just Lovely.
Great voice !!! She is an inspiration ❤️ Best regards from Spain
People need to honor this talent. People in high musical places must tell the world what gift this singer was ....dam it tell me who’s better ?
Cuando canta Eva Cassidy, con esa pasión, esa magia y esa concentración , para mí se para el mundo y no hay nada más bello y emocionante que escucharla. Suerte para los que los la disfrutaron en directo y pudieron conocerla.
The beauty of her silky voice. the smoothness just exudes from her with every word she sings Eva is one of a kind . Lovely and has graced us with her talent to make any song her own.
So beautiful. Speaks directly to my heart, as all Eva's songs do. Thank you.
Absolutely beautiful love it
I sometimes sit and listen to her music and relive the good and bad of my life. She is so captivating.
God, I love this song. I've been listening to it several times a day. Eva's singing was perfectly inlined with the human spirit. She's timeless.
Her and Chet Baker perform from a place that is beyond this earth.Is musicality,soul, feeling,pureness,divine talent and something unexplainable and magic that reaches to our soul and shower us with light.
thanks for this wishing well of poetry and simplicity : i feel it ... Didier
Just wonderful voice and band! 💎👏👏👏🌟💯🌟💯🌟💯😉🙏🇧🇷
Absolutely phenomenal.
Aw fuck... she just blew my head off.
Never happened before.
voice of an angel, beautiful.
Sublime....the best of the best
Be still my heart - what a raw talent ⭐️ magnificent
Stunning Vocals! What an Angel.
She was a natural, that's for sure.
I have this album. Love her ❤
what's not to love about this woman ?! thanks for this version of much moved standard.
Eva! If there is a true happiness, it's when I listen to you. And I don't grieve over your loss. Though your presence was small, but it was and will be felt, nonetheless, till emotions rule us.
Flawless♥️✨️
Incredible....what a voice and heart!
THIS is just phenomenal! My god Eva is just beyond any musical effort I’ve ever heard. She is just the most amazing singer whoever lived. Wow!!🎺
The spiritual gift we always need.
Her voice was unparalleled...never has there been such an instrument on display....the enflection and vibrato is just from another dimension....see God once in awhile let's have one of his angels for a short time.... thank you Lord for sharing this beautiful women with us...💘💘💘💘
Beautiful, just beautiful. Blues Ally nice club in Georgetown been there a few times, fantastic
I think she is extraordinary-timeless, etched in my heart forever.
I'm so jealous of the people that were here to see this!!
For me, it goes beyond the obvious beauty of her voice, the impeccable phrasing, her unequaled ability to re-interpret the most well known standards making them breath new life thus making them her own (yes, very possibly surpassing Frank) and her clear cut commitment to the songs and those who gave them birth . For me, it's the words and emotions inspired by the thousands who've written posts on each of her UA-cam videos. They alone are an inspiration, moving real time tributes to a young woman, who in my opinion was the greatest female singer of all time.
I concur Ray. Eva was without a doubt the greatest female singer of all time! RIP Sweet Songbird!!
I would put her with Janis Joplin as the two greatest white female modern singers. I wouldn’t want to compare her with Whitney or Aretha because they had more power but not quite the same "sung from an aching heart" quality.
This song right now just desconstructs me. Haunting.
What a great way to put it -- it tears me apart also!