Time: 46:17
Size: 106.0 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2015
Art: Front
[4:36] 1. All The Things You Are
[2:54] 2. Pick Yourself Up
[3:22] 3. The Last Time I Saw Paris
[3:11] 4. I Won't Dance
[3:22] 5. Long Ago And Far Away
[3:27] 6. Dearly Beloved
[3:54] 7. The Song Is You
[4:48] 8. They Didn't Believe Me
[2:44] 9. I'm Old Fashioned
[2:52] 10. The Way You Look Tonight
[3:28] 11. Yesterdays
[2:17] 12. Make Believe
[2:39] 13. Nobody Else But Me
[2:35] 14. Look For The Silver Lining
There’s a track on Tony Bennett’s new album, “The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern,” that suggests a return to form: “I Won’t Dance,” which recently served as a his-and-hers set piece in his marquee collaboration with Lady Gaga. This new version of the tune, arranged as a springlike waltz, features Mr. Bennett alone on vocals, with a sparkling piano trio. He sounds crisp but at ease, maybe a touch relieved — like someone given the chance, at last, to trade klieg lights for candle-glow. The reality is probably less cut-and-dry for Mr. Bennett, who has stood squarely at the intersection of jazz and popular song since the advent of the long-playing record. At 89, he retains the boyish spark in his tenor, and a remarkable degree of the plangency. So while “The Silver Lining” pulls him back to modest scale after big productions — including two No. 1 albums, “Cheek to Cheek” (with Lady Gaga) and “Duets II” (with her and others) — it doesn’t carry a feeling of meek retrenchment.
It does convey a trademark commitment to the American songbook; a proud constancy, undaunted by notions of obsolescence; and a spirit of conversation, with the album’s premise and personnel, and with Mr. Bennett’s own career continuum. The album is jointly credited to the jazz pianist Bill Charlap, and its voice-and-piano intimacy recalls “The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album” of 40 years ago. Jerome Kern turns out to be the ideal touchstone for Mr. Bennett: He was a suave melodist who married classical form with jazz inflection, and many of his tunes have long been standards. “The Way You Look Tonight” and “All the Things You Are” are each rendered here as a duet, with Mr. Charlap in exquisite form. ~Nate Chinen
It does convey a trademark commitment to the American songbook; a proud constancy, undaunted by notions of obsolescence; and a spirit of conversation, with the album’s premise and personnel, and with Mr. Bennett’s own career continuum. The album is jointly credited to the jazz pianist Bill Charlap, and its voice-and-piano intimacy recalls “The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album” of 40 years ago. Jerome Kern turns out to be the ideal touchstone for Mr. Bennett: He was a suave melodist who married classical form with jazz inflection, and many of his tunes have long been standards. “The Way You Look Tonight” and “All the Things You Are” are each rendered here as a duet, with Mr. Charlap in exquisite form. ~Nate Chinen
The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBennett+ Kern = The perfect combination. Thank you mat tiggas.
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