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Basia
Air Date: 8/8/2021
"Good grief, whatever happened to Basia, where is she?"
The above quote is from the comments section of a Basia Youtube video. It is exactly what I was thinking for a long time after her 1994 release The Sweetest Illusion. Her next studio album was with a band called Matt Bianco in 2004. And finally, at long last, she released a CD under her name in 2009 called It's That Girl Again. I have the sense that she knew folks were wondering why she was missing for so long.
If you have never heard of Basia, likely it is because you are too young. She was a big deal back in the 80s and 90s, with many hits to her name. Her first two albums both went platinum (over a million sold).
The album covers above are arranged chronologically, as it will be on the Sunday Jazz Brunch when we take a tour of her discography during Groove Hour from 11-12 ET.
Often I find that, when listening to a Basia song, it suddenly will take a
turn someplace that I didn't expect -- as in a key change or unusual
harmony. Maybe this is what differentiates her music as something more than pop music, although it is hard to argue that it isn't pop since selling millions of records would undoubtedly qualify an artist as 'popular.'
But who cares about labels? The music is good. You can dance to it. You can groove to it. And I have to say I really love the Latin influence. For example, her track I Must from It's That Girl Again is a very danceable cha-cha, disguised as a jazz/pop song. And there's Ronnie's Samba from her Matt Bianco release. There are other, less obvious, examples.
You can hear a couple of tracks from the Matt Bianco CD during Brazil/World hour.
Join me on Sunday for this groovin' tour of the music of Basia.
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HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning
Rahsaan Barber\Mosaic 2021\La Mordida Wayne Alpern\Frankenstein 2021\All I Ask of You Kendall Carter-Introducing Kendall Carter 2021-07 Beatrice Billy Test-Coming Down Roses 2021-05 Empty Spaces Tanya Dennis-White Sails Blue Skies 2021-06 The World Can Do Without Us Today Reggie Quinerly-New York Nowhere 2021-02 Dreaming in Place Fahir Atakoğlu-For Love 2020-13 Love's Cresendo feat Aimée Allen Adam Glaser Trio-Wide Awake-06 Before the Dawn-2020 Paul Silbergleit\Hidden Standard 2021\Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Rebecca Kilgore\Trio Volume 2021\That Sunday, That Summer
HOUR TWO: New For You
Alex Martin\Folk Songs, Jazz Journeys 2021\Wayfaring Stranger Wayne Alpern\Frankenstein 2021\All I Ask of You Kristin Callahan - Lost In A Dream 2021 - 5 Lost In A Dream Tanya Dennis-White Sails Blue Skies 2021-08 Desolation Sound Steven Feifke Big Band\Kinetic 2021\Midnight Beat Rebecca DuMaine\Someday, Someday 2021\On a Clear Day Uptown Jazz Tentet-What's Next-02 What's Next-2020 Russell Ferrante Trio-Inflexion-03 Inflexion D-2021 Veronica Swift-This Bitter Earth-09 As Long As He Needs Me-2021 George Kahn Quartet-DreamCatcher-10 EVA-2020 Rahsaan Barber-Mosaic 2021-06 NaDJe And The Snow
HOUR THREE: Brazil/World
Antonio Adolfo\Jobim Forever 2021\06 Inutil Paisagem Georgia Mancio\Trapeze 2007\01 O Morro Nao Tem Vez Frank Colon-Latin Lounge-01 Emerald Coast-2020 Kristen Callahan\Lost In a Dream 2021\Once I Loved The Brazilian Trio-Aguas Brasileiras-08 Aguas Brasileiras-2020 Matt Bianco-Matt's Mood-01 Ordinary Day-2004 FEATURING BASIA Matt Bianco-Matt's Mood-07 Ronnie's Samba-2004 FEATURING BASIA Stacey Kent-I Know I Dream-02 Photograph 2017 Antonio Adolfo\Jobim Forever 2021\02 Wave Zoe Scott\Shades of Love 2021\Wave Ricardo Silveira - Solo 2021 - 05 - Luiza Paulinio Garcia-My Very Life- Chicago Sessions, Series 1, Vol. 4-10 My Very Life
HOUR FOUR: Groove, Baby - BASIA TRIBUTE
Basia\Time and Tide 1987\Promises Euge Groove\Sing My Song 2020\The Journey Ahead Basia\Time and Tide 1987\Miles Away Najee\The Morning After\03 San Tropez (2013) Basia\Brave New Hope 1990\Masquerade Basia\The Sweetest Illusion 1994\Third Time Lucky Basia\The Sweetest Illusion 1994\Yearning Basia\The Sweetest Illusion 1994\Simple Pleasures Brian Simpson\All That Matters 2021\A Soft Touch Basia-It's That Girl Again-08 Two Islands 2009 Basia\From Newport to London; Greatest Hits Live... and More 2011\Copernicus Basia-Butterflies-Butterfly 2018
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