could sing anything and make it work, and her unique mixture of passion, empowerment, liberation, and love continues to make her recorded work speak powerfully a decade or more into the 21st century. This two-disc, 29-track set collects essential sides from her entire career, including tracks done for the , , and labels between 1959 and 1993. was a master of nuance and phrasing, and songs collected here like 1959's and 1960's 1964's her version of ' from 1965, 1967's saucy and the late-career from 1993 all give testament to this gifted and unique artist's vision, style, and elegance. It's a very impressive legacy. ~ Steve Leggett