Echoes of an Era

Echoes of an Era is an album by American R&B/jazz singer Chaka Khan with Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White, released in 1982 on Elektra Records.

Echoes of an Era sees Khan interpreting jazz standards like Thelonious Monk's "I Mean You" and Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train," as well as "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "All of Me," and "I Loves You Porgy." The album was originally not released as a Chaka Khan studio album (who was signed to Warner Bros. Records at the time) but as a band collaboration under the moniker Echoes of an Era and with all six performers credited on the album cover.

The album was digitally remastered and re-released by the Warner Music Group's sublabel Rhino Entertainment in 2003.

Track listing

1. "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) - 3:52
2. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 4:35
3. "I Mean You" (Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk) - 3:28
4. "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 6:29
5. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 6:26
6. "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 4:22
7. "High Wire -- The Aerialist" (Chick Corea, Marks) - 6:29
8. "All of Me" (Alternate take) (Gerald Marks, Symour Simons) - 4:16
9. "Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 16:09

Personnel

• Chaka Khan - vocals
• Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Chick Corea - piano
• Stanley Clarke - acoustic bass
• Lenny White - drums

Production

• Lenny White - record producer
• Benny Kirsch - sound engineer
• Recorded at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, California.

References

External links

• Echoes of an Era at Discogs