Tony Hightower is a singer and actor from Atlanta, GA, and is the son of jazz singer Theresa Hightower. He released a debut album "Messiah's Galore" as Tony Hightower & The Trapped Tigers in 1997 and has released his third album "Legacy" on Friday (24 Jun 2022).
You may recall that he did a cover of "Can't Hide Love" last November which is included as the opening track on the album. The
song is also currently doing the rounds again by Output / Input as a
double-sider with
"I'm In Love".
The album is a mix of original songs and covers. The covers include "Can't Hide Love", Al Green's "Love And Happiness", and jazz standard "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You" (probably best known by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1957) and "Here's To Life" (Shirley Horn).
I think my choices would be "All To The Good" and "Need You" from the originals along with "Can't Hide Love" and his very classy performance of "Here's To Life" (which for some reason reminds me a little of Bernard Ighner's "Everything Must Change") from the covers.
A couple of versions of "Everything Must Change" have been posted over the years including a live version by Phil Perry and more recently on Robert Johnson's album "So the Story Goes".
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| Rating: | 8 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Soul Jazz |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Hightower Legacy Records / Self Released |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 24/06/2022 |
| Price: | £7.99 |
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