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| Concord Records Signs Rita Coolidge Concord Records is pleased to announce that two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer Rita Coolidge has been signed to the independent record label to produce and release her first new recording in over five-years and her first jazz album of her career. Coolidge, who scored Gold and Platinum hits across multiple genres and decades, is perhaps best known for her signature songs “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher,” “We’re All Alone,” “The Way You Do Those Things You Do” and “Fever.” The versatile singer also recorded “All Time High,” the theme for the James Bond movie “Octopussy,” and landed on the adult contemporary charts with “You” and “I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love.” Coolidge’s first album for Concord, slated for summer of 2005, will be overseen by Concord Executive Vice President John Burk, who most recently worked with Ray Charles on the platinum recording Genius Loves Company, and produced by Jimmy Haslip of The Yellowjackets. The CD will include a repertoire of popular jazz and pop standards, as well as “A Song For You,” a song Leon Russell wrote as a love letter to Rita that she has never previously recorded. “I am thrilled that I have finally been given the opportunity to create a jazz CD, a genre that I have loved all my life. To be able to do so with a label that has a reputation as solid and as well-respected as Concord Records is quite rewarding,” says Coolidge. “Everyone at the label is so genuinely passionate about the music. I am very excited to be able to work with them all.” write your comments about the article :: © 2004 Jazz News :: home page |