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How You Been represents a breakthrough in the musical language of the group

Although it was one continuous concert

of the legendary 1958 album Legrand Jazz includes a note by Michel Legrand on the historic sessions not included on the original release

Recorded at Ter Mar Recording Studio

Roddy Ricch

Tell Mama we-jazz How You Been represents aWhen soul history shifted in the late '60s, Etta James was right at the center of the storm. After a bitter split between Atlantic's Jerry Wexler and FAME Studio's Rick Hall, Hall struck back by inviting Chess Records Atlantic's fiercest rival to bring its biggest stars to Muscle Shoals. Between August and December of 1967, Etta James walked into FAME looking for a creative spark and walked out with the greatest album of her career: Tell Mama. These