Beautiful Life (Jimmy Greene album)
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| Beautiful Life | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | November 25, 2014 |
| Genre | Jazz, gospel, post-bop, neo-bop |
| Length | 49:02 |
| Label | Mack Avenue |
| Producer | Greene |
Beautiful Life is the eighth studio album from Jimmy Greene. Mack Avenue Records released the album on November 25, 2014. Greene dedicated the album to his daughter, Ana Grace Márquez-Greene, who was murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[1][2][3][4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| All About Jazz | [6] |
| The Irish Times |  [7] |
Reviewing the album from The New York Times, Nate Chinen describes, "there's...a quiet resilience in those songs".[3] Marcus Chilton, writing a review at The Daily Telegraph, replies, "Beautiful Life is a remarkable tribute".[4] Awarding the album four and a half stars at AllMusic, Matt Collar states, "Greene transforms his personal anguish into something that's as inspirational to the soul as it is beautiful to the ears."[5] Larkin Corman, rating the album four stars from The Irish Times, writes, "Even without the context, this would be a beautiful recording; knowing the background, one cannot but be humbled by its generosity."[7] Giving the album five stars for All About Jazz, Patricia Myers says, "Greene's album combines jazz with spirituals, contemporary Christian music and ballads, plus three original songs."[6] Jack Goodstein, penning a review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer, responds, "Beautiful Life is an emotionally charged musical celebration of a life too soon lost."[8] Writing a review from the Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum recognizes, "Totalling about 50 minutes in all, Beautiful Life is a concise album in which every note speaks volumes."[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Saludos/Come Thou Almighty King" | Felice Giardini, Charles Wesley | 5:12 |
| 2. | "Last Summer" | Jimmy Greene | 6:37 |
| 3. | "When I Come Home" | Greene | 3:21 |
| 4. | "Ana's Way" | Greene | 7:13 |
| 5. | "Your Great Name" | Michael Neale, Krissy Nordhoff | 5:20 |
| 6. | "Where Is Love?" | Lionel Bart | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Seventh Candle" | Greene | 6:15 |
| 8. | "Maybe" | Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Prayer" | Greene | 4:02 |
| 10. | "Little Voices" | Greene | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 49:02 | ||