Eva Cassidy - Blues Alley concert (12 live performances)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- The new orchestral Eva Cassidy album I CAN ONLY BE ME is released 3rd March 2023 evacassidy.lnk.to/ICanOnlyBeMe
Restored footage of Eva Cassidy performing at the Blues Alley jazz club on 3rd January 1996.
Tracks:
1. Cheek To Cheek
2. Nightbird
3. Honeysuckle Rose
4. Autumn Leaves
5. People Get Ready
6. Stormy Monday
7. Tall Trees in Georgia
8. Take Me To The River
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water
10. Time After Time
11. Over The Rainbow
12. You’ve Changed
Recorded by Bryan McCulley. - เพลง
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This Young Lady is quite possibly THE most talented singer I have ever heard. I have had the opportunity to play with some Great talents in 44 years as a drummer and Eva has brought more to my heart than any other. She left us far too soon.... GOD Speed Eva, you will forever live in our Hearts!
I agree, Danny Bush. Most of greats have two or three elements in which they can't be touched. Eva had 5 or 6. She could do what they did as well as them. She had no limits of weaknesses as a singer. She could scat as well as Ella, the range of Cleo Laine, the jazz sense and restraint of Lady Day, bluesy as Sarah Vaughn and smokey as Nina Simone. She had it all. It's not hype to say she may have been the best all-around vocalist of the 20th century.
Never knew her and listening to her never fails to make me take a sober assessment of myself. A voice so true it was truth. RIP, Eva.
What a unique voice. spiritual......
Cancer is abastard😢😢😢😢😢
@@rosecummins3609 I prefer to think the angels just missed their soloist. I fully expect to sit on the front row of one of their concerts sometime, with Eva in the lead.
P.S. I know there is a life after death, because I lost my youngest twin at just 42 days old. , Three years later, his co-twin died in surgery, but was brought back to us after about two minutes with no breathing, heart or brain activity. A month later, he told us all about it, and who he saw, and what he did there. We have a lot to look forward to, and once he said, "Oh, Mom, you know everything when you die." I'm looking forward to it...just not too soon. I've got grandkids now.
I can barely listen to her; she just evokes these emotions I'm not always ready for.
I'm so glad we the public, have access to this. Who needs mighty stadiums, flashing lights, crowds of 100,000 screaming in the audience to make a perfect gig? This is beyond perfection.
Every time Eva Cassidy did a cover, it immediately became the best version ever of that song. Even Sting said her version of Fields of Gold was better than his.
When Eva rearranges a song, that becomes the standard for that song. Wonderful voice and Terrific arranger!! What she did with "Over the Rainbow" and "Autumn Leaves" is "STUNNING"!!
I didn't know that about sting but I read the author of nightbird say about this autobiographical song that she did it better than he ever could and he didn't know where she drew it from....
So true. Her version of Song Bird is soo much better than Fleetwood Mac's. No comparison.
@@lee5802 I don't think you would be out of line to say that about every song that she sings.
I have nothing bad to say about her version of Take Me To The River, but I still think that Talking Heads beats it by a little. The two versions are very different.
Her version of Autumn Leaves is so great that it makes me deeply emotional! So sad to lose her in such a young age. RIP!
Me too. I cry everytime I listen to it. It's so beautiful.
Thank God that friend with the camcorder captured this for us to watch.
She fills your heart with the depth of her vocals. Congrats to the sound technician on this live album, a genius!
Chris Bianchi.
Her "man."
He was a good servant to the goddess.
Thank God that Eva shared her magnificent voice with us, what a legacy and gift she has left us.
and Chris Biondo, musicians, her family and supporters too.
thank god this got recorded!
@@msudlp Yes, no kidding. This woman's talent brings me to tears every time I listen to her.
Yes she left us with her bloody awesome voice, she is a star
couldn't have said it better, and what a gift.
Once you've heard her Autumn Leaves no other rendition will satisfy you. And that person you loved and lost will come alive as the very present ghost who defies time.
Right on! My sentiments exactly.
Killer jazz pianist and band as well. They were all such an amazingly talented group of musicians.
I so agree
They knew they were in audience of supreme talent.
Eva Cassidy is one of the few artists who can transport you to a mood that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. It is one of the most musical voices I heard. It is an incomparable, superb, almost out-of-this-world experience.
I think I have just discovered one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard.
1 hour of Eva’s performance gives so much more than the whole musical industry within past 10 years gave... pure delight and such a peace ❤️
She sang from the depths of her being. Part of her allure is she didn't know just how good she was.
44 years of being a music addict then i hear eric weinstein mention a singer called eva cassidy. music when performed at its best is emotion, three notes from this lady cause shivers and tears. inexplicable
Hello Stevie how are you doing today???
How is Eva Cassidy this damn good?! Hands down one of the best vocals I have ever heard and her guitar playing is just as good. Not many singers can break me and make me cry just by hearing their voice, but Eva is in a whole other league. I cried twice watching this concert. Once during Time After Time and a second time during Somewhere Over the Rainbow. I have never heard Somewhere Over the Rainbow covered so beautifully. It’s damn near flawless with both the vocals and guitar. I am so proud too that Eva Cassidy is from my state that I am from the great state of Maryland and I am so happy that she shared her voice with us before she left this world. Her voice is just timeless and you know it’s good when it makes you cry and gives you goosebumps. Thanks for posting her final concert so that she gets the credit she rightfully deserves as an artist.
Dude! You sound as bad as me! Tears falling . My wife turned me on to Eva because i guess she was tired of my obsession with Linda Ronstadt.Big mistake! Lol! I now have two musical mistresses!
@@gtswann I'm so glad to read these comments and seeing this wonderful artist getting the recognition she truely deserves, such emotion in her voice and her range is unbelievable, a true legend
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Nightbird, Songbird, Over The Rainbow, Autumn Leaves.... this woman stole my heart, musically, many years ago. No one else compares.....before her time or after. I only hope and pray that she's aware of her impact on people as she looks down on us. Especially other 'artists'. I was recently diagnosed with NSCLC. I have a few years left, I figure. BUT, once I do get to those Pearly Gates, it's my most fervent wish to meet this beautiful soul.
Hello Barbara how are you doing today???
Or Emerald City? 🤔
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I think this is one of the greatest and most beautiful full live concerts ever. Every song is just beautiful, including Eva's vocals, playing, and everyone in the band. It has been a while since I listened to this, and once again, it is stunningly beautiful.
As always, stunned to hear Eva Cassidy effortlessly own improv jazz style, when I've been more used to her flawless soul, pop standards, country and folk. Was there nothing she couldn't do? She is total master of her voice, pitch perfect, natural phrasing, perfect diction and she plays guitar. And as always I'm torn between gob-smacked joyful adoration and tearful anger at a god who seems always to take the best first. We need Eva Cassidy now more than ever.
so true, brother. Feel so blessed to have been a witness for 20+ years.
He took her home, that's all.
indeed :)
She has soothed my Pain the past few weeks
RIP Angel 👼
@@horseyhorselips3501 :)
Just her tone alone is incredible let alone her phrasing…easily one of the greatest singers of all time imo. Autumn Leaves just absolutely slays every single time I hear it.
Ditto
Me too…no other version comes close ❤️🩹🙏🇺🇸
To die for. My daughter is an mezzo soprano with an unbelievable voice that I have seen tears in people's eyes when they hear her. I am always gushing over her, because I am so proud. One day she said: "Mom, I got news for you. You haven't heard Eva Cassidy."
@@watershedbarbie She’s got great taste! Thank you for sharing this 🙏💜
@@watershedbarbie humble and gifted is a rare combination, well done mom 😉
The world failed Eva, but she didn't fail us. The integrity she brings to her art still provides us a beacon of inspiration.
Eva’s story is the very definition of integrity to her artistry.
How did the world fail Eva? I love her...but a terminal condition has happened to 10's of millions of humans. People are still dying of cancer even today. Those who hear her love her....the world loves her. The world has not failed her. The evil of cancer took her. The world still loves her.
The greatest vocalist of her generation supported herself working at a plant nursery because record executives did not know how to package her, refused to see her as the talent we love and appreciate. Did she contract the melanoma that killed her from chemicals at the nursery or from exposure to the sun, both hazards for people in ag-related businesses? She was working there to make ends meet, not reaping any of the royalties (much less the acclaim) that have come her way since her death. Properly remunerated at the time for her genius -- or even living in a country with a decent national health system -- she might have gone to the doctor before the melanoma had spread throughout her body. Medical costs discourage many people from doctor appointments. Massive failure of the world we have created on several fronts. Those who knew Eva STILL love her, or love her still. We latecomers were denied that opportunity. We love her NOW.
@@MikeM275 Mike M: by "the world:" I'm sure Gary Edmondson, above, meant: the music industry failed her. - Alas. - The exec. who was going to sign her, but wanted to put her too much "into a box" - 1 or 2 limited genres only - has now roundly admitted he make a terrible mistake. -- Ahhhh ... Live and Learn. THANK YOU ALWAYS, EVA, for what you so tirelessly gave us.
@@garyedmondson2998 EXACTLY, GARY. Thank you for elucidating. 'The More People, the more Greed." - We have over-evolved as a species -- a Super-Consumer species, alas, alas, ALAS; -- only natural, one supposes ... on a Cosmic level ... but so, so tragic ... ... Climate Change. TIMING. -- The terrifying consequences are now taking their toll. -- Be well, sir -- Be safe and well: ALL. xo VCH & Midlantic TheatreCo., NEWARK, NJ. -- Social Justice and ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.
This is probably the greatest single female vocal artist i've ever heard!
Call me biased but she's among the elite singers of all time...She seems to own every cover she ever performed. What a feat!
Your not biased your telling the truth.
She makes me feel new feelings
Until a few years ago when a person mentioned her on a radio station, and played a song by Eva, I had never before the authentic sound that came from the soul...the voice most conveys a feeling that I have heard in my life. How tragic to lose this young elder...
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Eva is in the pantheon of the seminal Ladies of Song: Ella, the Sparrow (Piaf), Janis ... and a handful of other phenoms. So grateful for whoever posted this live set on video!!!
Just discovered her. Such talent. Hard to listen - so beautiful it hurts.
Once you hear her sing it her way, there is no other
So nice that the audience let her finish singing before applauding, allowing her to put all of that fine nuance into the whole song. What a stellar singer, and gone at only 33.
A voice than can rip your heart out....one of the greatest voices I've ever heard. I feel blessed and cheated at the same time. The voice of an Angel.
If you have ever heard her voice, you haven't been cheated.
@@user-dh6bj2me5p Cheated because she was taken from us way too soon.
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She made every song her own without writing a note. Incredible. Tears in my eyes listening to her perfect pitch controlled vibrato. I mourn not knowing of her while she was living, I mourn her death, I mourn all of us missing what she would have grown into with another decade of life and I thank God for having much more than her memory to witness now. Most moving singer perhaps ever.
I feel the same , joyful tears, every time I watch the documentary, “Timeless Voice” 😂 and listen to her albums over and over again 😊
Sadly she was completely unknown outside the D.C./Delaware area in 1993. We are all forgiven for not noting her brilliance then, but will always worship what she was.
Had i a Golden thread & songbird. The best EVER!!!! iam 38 man 😢everytime❤❤❤❤ .
Absolutly one of the best voices,... Sorry she went so fast.... Still remember and listen to this fantastic woman....She didnt get the acnowledge she deserved in life ....But she still lives in our minds ... Love from Norway
One of the greatest voices of my lifetime. A pure child of Nature ... with sincerity, innocence and integrity.
Amen to that! 👍🏻
Never forgotten.
A generational talent and gone far too soon and much too young from the scourge that is cancer.
She left us such a wonderful legacy of music.
Rest in peace and power Eva Cassidy.
She is the best female singer I have ever heard in my 65 years!!!
Couple others come to mind...
Whitney Houston.
Ofra haza.
Also, totally underrated guitarist
Cheek to Cheek. My parents favourite song, Dad would be BEGGED to sing it at Weddings. Agnes and Bill, missing you both.
I grew up 34 miles from her and never heard her until after she passed. My loss
Her voice is as expansive as the Universe and as intimate as a lover's kiss. Oh my gosh. We've been robbed.
Her version of Fields of Gold got me through some dark times. I'd recommend it to anyone struggling with anxiety problems..
Absolutely love her singing, her musicianship, her soul, and filled with sorrow she left us too soon. Have all her albums already. Best wishes keeping this music alive in her honor!
❤️Hello friend how are you doing😊🤗
Today I was at Barnes and Noble and bought her album but had no idea that she was gone.I felt really sad
🧡💛🧡Thank you Kristin for this nice testimony, with my best feelings. 🧡💛🧡
I hear Eva because i'm a fan of Katie Melua who is fan of Eva. @katiemeluaofficial
I’m grateful for her she brings pease to my mind Xxjf ❤ Jf
I cry almost every time I hear Eva sing "Over the rainbow". Her version is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made. So talanted and equipped with a voice that only a god can have made. I'm so sad that I've never heard of her when she was alive. RIP Eva!
Tracks:
1. 00:00 Cheek To Cheek
2. 03:50 Nightbird
3. 10:06 Honeysuckle Rose
4. 13:20 Autumn Leaves
5. 18:06 People Get Ready
6. 21:37 Stormy Monday
7. 27:30 Tall Tress in Georgia
8. 31:08 Take me To The River
9. 35:03 Bridge Over Troubled Water
10. 40:32 Time After Time
11. 44:40 Over the Rainbow
12. 50:18 You’ve Changed
D10S
Thanks for this!
Thanks, this post should be pinned on top! Glad I came to look for it. :)
Thanks. Ideally this would be in the Description, or pinned to the top. I'm copying it to a new post so it'll maybe be more visible.
thank you🙏🙏🙏
Such a great talent, what a amazing singer!!! Such a shame she died in 1996 before we all get to know her, but now we know her. R.I.P eva! Thank you for your music and amazing voice!!!
Every song she sings, she makes it her own. Exhilarating. She takes you on a journey.
Love this lady's voice. A few years ago we were stationed in the DC area and I rode my bike to Blues Alley, they weren't open that day yet but I peeked inside the empty venue and imagined her being there up on the stage.
I made the same pilgrimage about 5 years ago. Also learned her wonderful A minor fingering for autumn leaves. What a talent.
I’ll Give a mention to the band..
I am so incredibly impressed that someone recorded this masterpiece
When someone mentions a song to me, if Eva sang it, that is what I hear in my head. She OWNED everything she sang.
I hear her songs when there is nothing being played or even if the radio is on in my car I hear her singing 🎤 in my mind it’s unbelievable in all my 66 years of life I’ve never experienced anything like this I was a big rock and roll 🎸 fan in my past with Mountain, Genesis, Grateful Dead, Moody Blues, Tom Petty and King Crimson but now all I can listen to is Eva Cassidy
I came across Eva's music by accident. Her voice caught my attention, as she was singing from her soul, so touchy. Thank God this has been recorded...
I so agree...not sure how I found her here but I am so very glad I did. I listen to her every single night....
As long as Eva's music lives, Eva lives in our minds. Never to be forgotten.
I’m stunned. Drugged. Sound therapy. Where have I been. I had never heard of Eva. I’ve been to very few live concerts. Thanks to the folks who share these amazing performances.
Not only do I love, love, love Eva...her band is GREAT!
She was a year behind me at my High School, but I never met her. I'm going to a Concert celebrating what would have been her 60th Birthday this afternoon in Annapolis.
Somewhere in heaven Eva Cassidy is singing and the angels are listening.
Absolutely brilliant.
No one ever did it better than Eva Cassidy.
With everything my family and I have experienced recently, I needed *THIS* more than anyone could possibly know. So so so very grateful that her legacy lives on. Her music (for me) has calmed so many storms. My spirit feels less broken.
It's like the comment above, thank God they recorded this. She is so flawless with this live performance, which is demonstrative of how effing good she was.
@@marilynmantis5409 could not agree with you more.
What a s absolutely beautiful voice, very can sing both blues and jazz. Lovely! So terribly sad we lost her so young. Reminds me a little of Bonnie Raitt
@@michelesmith899 I was thinking that myself on the blues tunes. She's like Bonnie without the rasp, but better. Oops, sorry Bonnie, I'm still a huge fan and always have been.
I relate, empathize & my spirit feels less broken too because of her music too S.D. Wishing you all the best & hoping all our lives improve & we thrive together as one! ❤️🙏✌️🌏🌈
She makes every song her own.
Hey look no tats ...She's respectfully dressed...no auto tune...real talented musicians ...Thank You Lord for blessing us with Eva
No prob with the others you said, but wtf is it with the tats? Does having one make someone lesser?
@@MoChua I agree. I don't like the look of tattoos for women, but that's my personal esthetic. It's not my business if a woman has them, I don't publicize my opinion and I don't think it bears on the woman's knowledge, skills or talent.
@@MoChualosers rely on tats.
I never tire of this. She was so wonderful. Hypnotic and powerful vocal delivery, just unique and soothing and special. I love this. 🎤🎶🎵❤
Era grande voce meravigliosaa
You got that right since I found her videos here on TH-cam it’s mostly all I listen to and for my car I bought 5 of her CD’s off EBay before I closed my eBay account, my health is failing lately with my blood pressure dropping real low I’m waiting for that Train to Jorden soon.
I beat cancer 31 years ago and after radiation treatments and prednisone ate my bone away I had both shoulders replaced and bone grafts on both hips and in December 2016 I had open heart surgery aortic valve replaced and one bypass and a pacemaker put in and on top of that I am a diabetic but these past few months I wake up off the dinning room floor trying to get a bottle of water 💦 out of the fridge and checking my bp it’s like 51/39 not good for sure but time goes on.
@@horseyhorselips3501 Prob better than very high bp.
me too
I have no words.... all I know is that Eva is my favorite from this point on until someone else proves me wrong. I can't even think about how much I would have "paid" to see this performance live. Maybe my soul might still be worth enough. ;)
sigh.........
What a loss to music when she left us.
She will return to us...
Her music.. her voice..and the shy girl with this incredible God given talent is gone live forever.... Love from Norway....
@@BorsosGabor2023 Your wish is granted.
@@BorsosGabor2023 So true.
She is the Van Gogh of Jazz xx
Eva’s rendition of “ You’ve Changed”, says it all about her talent and soul to me. Out of this bloody world.
Her amazing guitar work combined with Eva's vocal interpretation makes this beyond special!!
Tear up every time I hear Falling Leaves
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This documentary reveals a great deal about Eva Cassidy, important in understanding her choices, direction (many), and that critical one night at Blues Alley. It is a nod to the guys behind her, especially Chris B. (Thanks, guys. This could not have been easy to do.) This film explains a bit about her musical choices, which have been criticized as too generic. Yet I myself am thrilled that her song choices reflect my own - wonderful songs that I know and love well. Every song is terrific. No filler. As that one night of music defined most of what the greater world would hear from Eva Cassidy, this film fills in much- pondered gaps and adds essential knowledge to her legacy. Without CB and the band, no one ever would have heard this music. Well done all round then.
I am grateful to all Eva’s friends, fans & band mates who made sure that we could see & hear Eva’s wonderful voice all over the world as she would have loved!
Flawless,Eva Cassidy,your family must be so proud of you,such a shame that you never got to the fame you deserved in life but your beautiful voice and face will be here forever and you deserve that,your lovely voice will be shared with my gorgeous granddaughters so you will never be forgotten xxxx
Hello Rose how are you doing today???
i heard she was shy, she didn't chase fame
She was SUPER LOYAL to DC & the fact she was from there & family from Maryland. Blues Alley has been legendary for live music in DC (Georgetown). She will never be forgotten, love always Eva 🕊💞
I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE DISCOVERED EVA BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY AND SAW HER PERFORM HERE AT "BLUES ALLEY".@ THE AGE OF 16........WOW.....DID SHE FLOOR ME GOOD.....BOB S. FOX,
By all means, consider yourself VERY LUCKY!!! If I could, I would trade my Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, McCartney, Eagles, Black Sabbath, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull and Yes concerts to have seen one Eva Cassidy concert at Blues Alley, mainly because no other artist has ever moved me emotionally as much as Eva Cassidy. I've never cried at a musical performance, but I've cried during several of Eva's music videos. It has much to do with her near-perfect vocals, and her upper level guitar skill is the deal breaker. I now know what it is to be a fanatic. Chris Biondo said it this way. He said, if Eva was still alive, he could see her selling-out 500 seat auditoriums at $500 or more a ticket, no problem.
Autumn Leaves. Takes my breath away and moves my heart
The crown jewel of this concert, IMHO. Get sucked ALLLLLL the way in every single time!
Absolutely. My most loved song exquisitely rendered, none better.
Absolutely - it tears at my heart.
She was, and still is for me, one of the most beautiful singers I have ever listened to. She is still alive through her songs, beautiful gifts that she has left between us. LOVE YOU EVA!!!
An English couple living in France introduced me to her 20 years ago. She was such a remarkable talent. The voice, the phrasing, the range, and the arrangements are all her own.
Just want to say that Eva deserves only the best musicians and you most definitely are.
Thank you for complementing Eva's amazing voice so sympathetically, please know how much you are appreciated.
Her voice!
Her arrangements!
Her delivery!
Flawless!
Smiles, hello Cassandra 🌺 😊
I just discovered her today. Her CD is on it’s way to me.
So grateful to have this live concert of Eva. Such an intimate setting with every song evoking such raw beauty and soul. The band was spectacular as well. Her voice is timeless and I know it will inspire generations to come. ...When I think of how young she was taken from us, it makes me cry. I’m a cancer survivor and understand having faced my own mortality. My only solace is God must have needed her more. Even now, on days when I struggle with life long recovery, her voice helps me face and some how...to heal. ❤️
Lori Stegner I’m a 33 year survivor from cancer and the radiation treatments fried me so bad I had both shoulders replaced and bone grafts on both hips and all this was from 3 years to 9 years after I got diagnosed in 1990, shoulder 93, hip 96, shoulder 98, hip 99. Then in 2016 had aortic valve replaced one bypass and a pacemaker put in and heart Dr told me everything under my rib cage is fried from radiation treatments long ago and looks like leather. But this is the easy part of my life for believe it or not in 1973 I met a girl from Alaska in Toronto Canada September 1,1973 and her brother gave me his sister’s hand in marriage because I had a Draft Card for the Vietnam War when I was 18 years old that year. Well in my failed attempts to get to an unknown location in Alaska from Niagara Falls NY my family had me put in restraints because they said I had an imaginary wife and daughter Jewelry, long story short in Jewel Kilcher’s Songs Foolish Games and Enter from the East are about Me and the situation I just mentioned and I ended up in the Special Olympics August 25,1974 three months after I heard a whisper the girl in Alaska had a daughter and named her Jewel !!! 😢
Hello Lori how are you doing today??
She is the definition of “music to my ears.”
I just found this today, I've listened to many of her shows and truly agree there could not be a more perfect enveloping emotional voice, this truly speaks to me. Good quality restoration, loving this.
S.D. stated it best...Eva is the definition of “music to my ears”! Thank you for this!
She was a very special lady-Just so good!
May God rest her sweet Angelic soul, I have found such solace , listening to Eva ever since I lost my baby brother & my eldest brother, both to cancer, just like Eva, taken far too soon.So sad to know that Eva's songs sky rocketed after she passed
She so deserved the world to have acknowledged her way before she passed away, sweet gifted lady ❤🌹❤
No words can describe how happy I am for this vid. 55 whole minutes with eva cassidy live singing. Yasssss
Thank you Bryan McCulley for recording this and sharing it.
Eva made a massive difference and contributed so much during, and especially after her death. I will always remember the first time I listened to her album Songbird and did i cry !!! Who is this singer I thought? And only then did I discover she had already died, so I cried some more. She's so powerfully affecting. Incredible voice, other worldly. Well done Eva, thanks for all your work, your passion, your humanness and the legacy you left behind. Love and best wishes xx
I discovered her after she'd left us too. She was just awesome and I play her music all the time. Thank you Eva.
Oh god, I wished I was born earlier so that I could experience her live, in the flesh.
Wow.
She is absolutely mesmerizing.
One of the very best voices of the last 100 years. She was a natural. Just stunning.
So underrated. One of the the great singers of my time. Sadly, not all are recognized by the masses for their undeniable talent.
I'm not too much of a jazz fan, but this goes to show how versatile she was. Jazz is not easy - this much I do know. She's good at singing every type of music. Simply fabulous! A healer of the soul.Hat's off to the guys accompanying her too!! Wow!
Smiles, hi Vera 🌺 😊
Hello Vera how are you doing today??
Eva Cassidy was for me 20 years ago.
The first time I hear her voice in a pub in Ostend, I was immediately in love with her voice, Thank you so much Eva to be a part of life … maybe we meet after the rainbow bridge…❤️❤️❤️
so glad this was posted.. if people stumble onto this .. they'll have a new favorite singer in the universe,, Eva was a global treasure , she never knew . :)
YEP, IM ONE OF THEM. SHE IS AN INSTANT FAVORITE OF MINE . WHAT A UNIQUE VOICE. AND HER BAND AINT NO SLOUCH. GREAT MUSIC
I am also a new fan of Eva Cassidy!
Yes big fan she makes today singers look sick. Have told djs I know to give her a listen.
@@oldhippie2110 Absolutely LOVE her band!
Such a true statement
I love her rendition of Field of gold, everytime i hear her sing the oooh oooh part my Heart aches. We played that song on my mothers funeral and she was also named Eva and died of cancer. It seemed fitting somehow
Absolutely the most beautiful rendition of “Over the Rainbow” I’ve ever heard, she made it her own and brought a tear to my eye. Such a loss.
From an interview with Doug MacLeod, who wrote Nightbird.
Interviewer: Your songs have been recorded by many artists, so which are your favorite interpretations?
Doug: I have a couple of favorites. One was Eva Cassidy’s version of Nightbird. That song is about a prostitute, a prostitute that I used to live with who really watched out for me. I have no idea if Eva Cassidy knew what that song was about and I never heard it until my wife played it for me during a drive to Los Angeles from San Luis Obispo.
I’m a huge baseball fan and my team, the Cardinals from St Louis, were playing the Dodgers and I wanted to listen to the game. My wife said “I got something for you to hear”, and I said, “But the Cardinals are on” and she said “This is more important than the Cardinals” and she put this CD on of Eva Cassidy. I tell you, it moved me so much, I pulled over to the side of the road and I was weeping. I have never done that song again. When people ask me to do Nightbird, I tell them that if they want to hear THE version, she is the one to listen to. And then of course she died before I got a chance to meet her to ask her how she interpreted it like that.
WOW....Just WOW
mind blowing musician.....
I love this, being a lifelong Cardinal fan! It's an amazing story when the WRITER pulls over and weeps from someone else's interpretation of their song!
Wow!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
The power of your writing was brave and open. You inspired Eva to put the soul of what you experienced into it. I can say that Nightbird is one of my favorites for a longtime thinking she wrote it.Doug you did a great thing and thanks man!
Never heard of Eva, of course until after she was gone. NPR enlightened me. Soul, style and elegance plus volume all come pouring out of her! She looks barely 5'. Maybe she is taller, i dont know. But a mighty volcano erupts when you listen to Eva....A head of her time she was, who doesn't wish that she was still around?
Hello friend how are you doing😊🤗
Sublime. Her voice never ceases to amaze me. Gone far too soon, but what an incredible legacy she provides us in every note and nuance. Thank you for posting this. ❤🥂
Smiles, hi Rena 🌺😊
Hello Dena how are you doing today???
Her version of OTR was truly amazing! When I pass from this life, I want that played for me. Her vocals, her harmonies and her passion was nothing short of incredible.
As a cancer survivor, I instantly connected with her music. The aches and pains of this life can truly be expressed through music and she has done that.
Thank you EC for sharing your gift with us. You are greatly missed. 💙
She was an Angel wandering along us!
With a voice so pure and strong, to give all who she left, love and hope!
Thank you. The whole concert is wonderful. I've watched Rainbow thousands of times and to this day I cannot get through it without tearing up.
Hello friend how are you doing😊🤗
You too?
It’s so sad that we lost her so soon. ❤️ It makes the tears well in my eyes.
Here we have a truly class act. Eva’s spin, on traditional old and modern classics, is unique. A voice all her own. Renditions of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow “ and “Autumn Leaves” are so wonderfully caressed by a voice that shows it’s pain and sadness. But also Eva sings with a deep sense of hope and certainty too.
Gone too soon. Such a talent. RIP x
She is my favorite female vocal with Ella Fitzgerald. Autumn Leaves gives me goosebumps every single time.
I'm a fan of Ella, too, but when it comes to range, emotion and originality Eva has it all.
I’ve always thought of Ella as a vocal gymnast - amazing! And Eve is likewise just amazing! I love how she gives new life to old songs…. Just live her!
Her Autumn Leaves is the most beautiful I've ever heard.
Time after Time live - sheer magic.
“Autumn Leaves” whimsical and enchanting...
❤She was a very special lady. Such a talent ❤
She certainly could do it all, blues, jazz, gospel, soul, bluegrass, etc…and all with a one-of-a-kind touch!