Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: John Pizzarelli, George Shearing Title: The Rare Delight of You Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Telarc Release Date: 4/23/2002 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Swing Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 089408354625 |
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The CD photo of this intergenerational collaboration between guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli and pianist George Shearing resembles the cover of the 1961 LP Nat King Cole Plays, George Shearing Plays. Like that legendar... more » |
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Amazon.com The CD photo of this intergenerational collaboration between guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli and pianist George Shearing resembles the cover of the 1961 LP Nat King Cole Plays, George Shearing Plays. Like that legendary recording, this project offers clean and lean jazz. The pianist is backed by a combo featuring vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker and drummer Dennis Mackrel. With Pizzarelli's laid-back vocals, the group delivers some beautiful new songs and interesting interpretations of pop standards made famous by Cole, Nancy Wilson, and Peggy Lee. Their version of "If Dreams Come" has an ingenious contrapuntal guitar-piano breakdown. On "The Lady's with You," Shearing slyly drops in a few bars of Duke Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light." And "Something to Remember Me By" has melodic tinges from Claude Thornhill's "Snowflake." "Lost April" captures Pizzarelli and Shearing in a heartfelt duet. Shearing's no-frills piano lines and Pizzarelli's bouncy guitar work are inspired and in-the-pocket. --Eugene Holley Jr. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsQuite Delightful, Indeed! M. Hartman | East Coast, Etats-Unis | 03/07/2003 (4 out of 5 stars) "With a growing number of singers reinterpreting the old Jazz standards, the results have far too often fallen far short of their forebearers. With the recent demise of Peggy Lee and Rosemary Clooney the stylistic shortcomings of some of the current batch of jazz vocalists are even more pronounced. Then there is John Pizzarelli, a top-notch guitarist with a fine voice. This pairing of John with the legendary George Shearing is absolutely shimmering. It is largely a reinterpretation of the repetoire Shearing used with Ms. Lee and others but includes some of Pizzarelli's own compositions as well. The playing by both Pizzarelli and Shearing's combo is wonderful throughout." Really not one of Pizza's best Candace Deisley | 09/07/2002 (3 out of 5 stars) "Despite Shearing and Quintet only a few tracks really sparkle. Despite a Telarc recording, I found the mix not very clean and disproportional amount of bass boost. I consider this recording for Pizzarelli collectors. ..." Just A Fantastic Swing Recording M. Hartman | 11/08/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "Mr. Shearing, at about 80 years of age, has certainly earned his place among the limited number of truly remarkable musicians. While not as technically impressive (perhaps) as some other pianists, after only a few bars of any tune the elegance of his style gently asserts itself. His phrasing and choice of chord voicings/inversions are so indisputably "right" that I found myself just sitting back and smiling at the sophistication that is on display here. Mr. Pizzarelli,(guitar and vocals) who actually headlines the SACD title, is a wonderful artist in his own right, and this union of older and younger masters is destined to be (IMHO) one of the more highly regarded recordings of the genre. The ensemble players on the project also turn in a top shelf effort. All of these factors are even further enhanced by the absolutely first rate engineering done by the Telarc record label. This recording was made in the native SACD (super audio CD) direct stream digital format. If you haven't experienced well recorded SACD on a good system, and music is important to you, you really owe it to yourself to check it out. It is a far, far better medium than standard CD. The downside to it is that poorly engineered SACD recordings (and there are a few out there) become nearly or completely intolerable, with every defect clearly audible. No worry of that on this recording, though. So far as my ears can tell, it is essentially flawless."
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