JENNIFER WARNES The Direction You Take
625 views · Published 5 June 2017 · 5:00 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: daveinprogress3 · 2017 · Howto & Style
From a 1982 LP by Kazu Matsui: 'Direction-West', is this beautiful mid tempo ballad 'The Direction You Take'. The simply sublime Jennifer Warnes and her wondrously warm tones bring a touch of magic to this soul searching composition. I've included pictures of two of the defining collaborations in Jennifer's career: her friendship and musical partnership in Leonard Cohen and also her Grammy/Oscar winning pairing with Joe Cocker. For me, however, it is her solo recordings that most endear me to her voice and her career and the directions it has taken and continues to take. In June of 2017 as I post this, fans all over the globe await her first release in 16 years! My favourite image in this clip is the one at 2.18 - with Jennifer right of the frame looking at Joe Cocker. There is a sense, for me, anyway, of the reverence and respect that Jennifer held for her duet partner and that song that altered the trajectory of her career (and his for that matter). From memory this was the last time the pair performed 'Up where we belong'.
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