Track Listing 1. What's New 2. Never Let Me Go 3. How Long Has This Been Going On 4. Sophisticated Lady 5. But Beautiful 6. Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered 7. Easy Living 8. I Should Care 9. You Don't Know What Love Is 10. For All We Know
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Boz Scaggs | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Pinnacle | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Boz Scaggs (vocals); Eric Crystal (saxophone); Paul Nagel (piano).In keeping with the cool, sophisticated image he's cultivated going back to his SILK DEGREES days back in the '70s, Boz Scaggs takes a whack at the great American songbook with BUT BEAUTIFUL, STANDARDS: VOLUME 1. Showing young bucks like Michael Cincotti and Michael Buble a trick or two, Scaggs takes up with pianist/arranger Paul Nagle and company for time well spent with some of the greatest composers of standards.When he's not offering a lightly phrased delivery of Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady," the dashing vocalist is taking a delicate trip through the Gershwins' "How Long Has This Been Going On." Somewhere, Frank Sinatra is smiling as this Ohio native also takes a winning crack at numbers closely associated with the Chairman's oeuvre, including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," the title cut, and "I Should Care." Aided by the laid-back accompaniment of his accomplished sidemen, Scaggs sets the kind of mood you'll find in a dark, cozy cocktail lounge right around last call, complete with the hint of lingering smoke and clinking glasses.
Editorial Reviews 3 stars out of 5 - ...Small-jazz-group versions of some of the most romantic music ever....Scaggs makes some of the best R&B he has recorded since 1976's SILK DEGREES...Mojo (9/03, p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - ...A vocal album of considerable warmth....A record that could give smooth jazz a good name... Rolling Stone (05/29/2003)
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