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Article: Echoes of a Voice Stilled Too Early; The Death of Eva Cassidy Haunts Friends and Fans
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- The Washington Post
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- November 17, 1996
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Bruce Lundvall still shakes his head over Eva Cassidy.
Lundvall heads Blue Note Records, a label with a string of
distinctive jazz singers. None made a first impression like this
unknown singer from Bowie.
"Eva Cassidy had the most extraordinary and singular voice I
had heard in a very, very long time," he says. "It was distinctive
not only because of its power but because of its timbre when she
sang quietly. It was so very mysterious -- it would just freeze me.
"The first time I ever heard her was in my office. She sang an
a cappella `Amazing Grace' and I was just nailed to the wall. I made
a very bad mistake. I should have signed her. . . . She was a kid.
Who knew?"
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