''Midnight Sun'' is a 2011 compilation album by American jazz singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Background
The album is a collection of 11 love ballads and standards. Bridgewater explained "For years my fans and family have been asking me to compile a CD of my favorite love songs, and Midnight Sun is my ode to them. Love in all its glory – for better or for worse – as expressed by some of the most amazing songwriters of our time."
Reception
Thom Jurek of
Allmusic
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wrote "Midnight Sun, issued by Decca/Emarcy, is a ballads collection of jazz and pop standards assembled from Dee Dee Bridgewater's recordings for Verve and other UMG-associated labels... As an album, these tracks -- all beautifully remastered -- hold together very well despite the variety of instrumental settings, and Bridgewater imbues them all with her consummate phrasing and intimacy."
Track listing
Chart positions
References
External links
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Dee Dee Bridgewater albums
2011 compilation albums