Patti LaBelle Has ‘Got A New Attitude’ With Fresh Album Of Jazz Covers

The icon’s next album is an ode to jazz greats she’s always loved.

Conquering fears and taking chances is something that living legend and empress of sweet potato pies, Patti LaBelle has learned to embrace with the release of her newest project, Bel Hommage.

The thirteen-track album pays tribute to jazz legends she’s always loved. “It’s a beautiful tribute to artists like Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Horn and many others. I’m paying homage to them,” LaBelle told ESSENCE.

After more than 50 years in the game, recording R&B songs that have laid down the soundtrack to many of our lives, LaBelle decided to take a chance and dive into the jazz genre; but not without some convincing.

“This is a ten-year wait for something that I thought I might have wanted to do. My ex-husband [Armstead Edwards] came up with this idea of doing a jazz album and talked me into it. So I finally went to the studio to record songs that I love from Shirley Horn, Gloria Lynne, to James Moody, and some other songs that I loved from back in the day. I thought I could never…

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