She reminds me of Randy Crawford ... i both adore their kind of classy and quiet R & B (not these days loud, messy and cursin R & B hump) ... but more than that I love the jazz and all that in their music ...
Mid 1990's, those days we partied hard in CITEM. I was single and in the club scene ;) ... Rich and I we used to Indian dance on Dreams. That was my first encounter of her. Syempre wala sa Pilipinas yung CD.
... Fast forward and I couldn't get over her music ... I was a young wife and mother, my daughter barely 2 yrs old ... I was travelling in the US ... so there right after the trade show in Vegas, I flew to Oregon visiting my aunt for the first time. I was scrimping on my dollar so I went shopping at Goodwill ... there she was by the Cashier stacked in between piles of what have you --- a Pre loved original :) at a bargain price.
I brought it home of course. Nonito borrowed it from me to get a (pirated) copy lol ... I never got it back (sobsssss) ... this lazy afternoon in the office ... me having a bad hair day ... and so badly needing some urgent shopping therapy .... she belted out from my newly resurrected ipod ... I came home still in a trance ... wishing back those happy days ...
Dreams
I wish
Find your way
Second Chance
And close to 15 years or more, finding some of the tracks in remix argggghhhh ... i still prefer the original tempo (plus am not really a big fan of remix(es), I'd even choose mashups over Remix) ... unfortunately I couldn't find em online. Gabrielle is such a gift, I wanna share her talent here, and dedicate a humble amount of space here in this little Gypsy's life :)
We don't talk anymore
Because of you
.... in between a 1993 interview and introduction ... a shade of Because of you live ... closest to the original track in the CD version
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