Acker Bilk - The Very Best Of Mr. Acker Bilk

Styles: Clarinet Jazz 
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:35
Size: 85,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:40)  1. Summer Set
(3:36)  2. Buona Sera (long version)
(3:18)  3. That's My Home
(2:56)  4. Stranger On The Shore
(2:45)  5. Above The Stars
(2:59)  6. Lonely
(3:05)  7. Limelight
(2:58)  8. A Taste Of Honey
(2:18)  9. Only You (And You Alone)
(2:48) 10. Stranger On The Shore (with Bent Fabric)
(2:34) 11. Alley Cat (with Bent Fabric)
(3:32) 12. Aria

Acker Bilk is best remembered for his crossover pop hit "Stranger on the Shore," a middle-of-the-road smoothie that featured his honeyed clarinet well to the fore. This 12-song best-of reprises that along with other similar fare. 

Two selections find him working with pianist Bent Fabric, first on a duet version of "Stranger," then on Fabric's big elevator music hit "Alley Cat." But the biggest surprise here is the inclusion of the "long version" of "Buono Sera," done up in a style that's equal parts Louis Prima wedded to full-blown Dixieland trad and definitely the most un-pop-like selection on here. ~ Cub Koda http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-acker-bilk-mw0000047128

The Very Best Of Mr. Acker Bilk

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