What a difference a day makes

Description

The producer Didier C. Deutsch describes how the singer Esther Phillips, in a need to reaffirm her status as a great soul diva at the time, accepted at the urgent request of Creed Taylor to work with the guitarist and arranger Joe Beck, who had recently signed with the label, and with whom she had no affinity. The resulting album, "What A Difference A Day Makes," her fifth with Kudu, Taylor's label, became a bestseller worldwide and the most unforgettable album of Esther's entire career. The rhythms that infiltrated this titular track, a cover of a standard from Dinah Washington's hit, combined with Joe Beck's fiery arrangements, create the vibrant context that the singer was seeking.
At a time when dance music was very popular (with tracks like "One Night Affair" and "Mister Magic"), Esther's voice and style also found a way to express themselves in tracks like "I Can Stand A Little Rain," "Oh, Papa," and "Turn Around, Look At Me."