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Flows, great chemistry, reinvent standards with a lot of per

Benissimo | Rome, Italy | 09/20/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the first Paolo Fresu album I've bought, it definitely won't be the last. Fresu and Caine blend together very well. I think part of what makes this album such a great listen is how they give each other space. They sound engaged but unhurried, explorative. And the album rewards repeated listenings. Songs like Cheek to Cheek are such old chestnuts, reading the track list I worried it was going to sound rather dated, like hearing the umpteenth version of My Funny Valentine. But they make the songs their own. And I like that it's just a piano trumpet duo, it makes for a very intimate, flexible sound. Recommended."

My Favorite "Things"

TSK | NY | 03/04/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A couple things not mentioned by Benissimo's right-on review: For Caine electric piano freaks, tracks 4 and 14 feature him on Rhodes, the former a ballad with Fresu on muted trumpet, just exquisite; and the latter a particularly fine rendition of Miles' Solar, the Rhodes sounds unbelievably rich here. And above all, never mind the pricey import CD, this is a 10-buck iTunes Plus download."