Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:38
Size: 120.5 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1990
Art: Front
[3:02] 1. I Thought About You
[3:20] 2. Everytime
[2:25] 3. The Eagle And Me
[4:54] 4. Some Other Spring
[2:37] 5. Wished On The Moon
[2:39] 6. Dusty Springfield
[2:21] 7. Oh You Crazy Moon
[4:29] 8. The Song Is You
[4:14] 9. You Must Believe In Spring
[3:11] 10. No More Blues
[5:38] 11. Humpty Dumpty Heart/Do You Know Why
[2:38] 12. They Say It's Spring
[4:23] 13. Young Folks/Two For The Road
[3:41] 14. Wonder Why
[2:58] 15. Just Because We're Kids
Betty Bennett (vcl), Mundell Lowe (g), Bob Cooper (ts), George Cables (p), Monty Budwig (b), Roy McCurdy (d).
"It's easy to be a fan of Betty Bennett, she sings impeccably in tune, she keeps wonderful time, she invariably chooses good tunes and she is backed by first-rate musicians. On this album, Bob Cooper really gets some steam going in his solos, and Mundell Lowe is not only a fine soloist but as expert and sensitive accompanist as you will find anywhere." ~Andre Previn (From the inside liner-notes).
"On her first album in almost 40 years, Betty Bennett is joined by a sterling, veteran group of musicians (including her husband, guitarist Mundell Lowe). Her voice is a bit huskier than it was when she was singing with Alvino Rey, Charlie Barnet, and Claude Thornhill, and there's a bit of a quiver from time to time, but those minor flaws won't prevent the listener from enjoying this session.
The album starts off with "I Thought About You," which is done in a fast tempo, with the venerable Bob Cooper's tenor featured along with Lowe's guitar. A winsome "Everytime" follows, again with Lowe and Cooper sharing the spotlight. In addition to better-known standards, Bennett includes some rare material, such as the Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg song "The Eagle and Me" (which Dooley Wilson sang in the 1944 movie Bloomer Girl) and "Just Because We're Kids." The title tune, "The Song Is You," is the album's barnburner, featuring an excellent Cooper solo. "Some Other Spring" is done with a quirky but interesting beat. On the other lyrical paeans to spring, "You Must Believe in Spring" and Bob Haymes' "They Say It's Spring," Bennett shows that even after almost 40 years, she has not lost her ability to thoroughly explore and express the emotional value of the songs she sings. If anything, the emotional value has become richer and more mature with time. Nor has she lost her ability to swing, which she does admirably on such uptempo songs as "No More Blues." Big-band days are recalled with a medley of "Humpty Dumpty Heart" and "Do You Know Why," which were Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey favorites, respectively.
All in all, a very satisfying outing by a singer who has been away from the recording studio for far too long."
The Song Is You
