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Kisses in the Rain (Hybr)
John Pizzarelli
Kisses in the Rain (Hybr)
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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This is a diverse set of standards and original tunes that aims at the intimacy and spontaneity of John Pizzarelli's live performance with a studio setting. The singer-guitarist's long-established trio with pianist Ray Ken...  more »

     
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All Artists: John Pizzarelli
Title: Kisses in the Rain (Hybr)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Telarc
Release Date: 2/28/2001
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Swing Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 089408349102

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This is a diverse set of standards and original tunes that aims at the intimacy and spontaneity of John Pizzarelli's live performance with a studio setting. The singer-guitarist's long-established trio with pianist Ray Kennedy and brother Martin Pizzarelli on bass just keeps getting better, working with an instrumentation that Nat "King" Cole first perfected in the '40s and which also served Oscar Peterson well in the '50s. The trio achieves a sound that's both smooth and complex when all the parts are working in perfect synch, and that's what happening here. Whether they're flying on uptempo numbers like "I Got Rhythm," with Pizzarelli scatting in unison with his guitar, or playing at a medium bounce on the Cole signature "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," the group swings magnificently. Pizzarelli's light but resilient voice can suggest Chet Baker at slower tempos, but his relaxed delivery and conversational ease contribute to this music's distinctive charm. He sounds particularly good on some great Jimmy Van Heusen songs, both the well-known "I Thought About You" and "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and the rarely heard "I Could Have Told You So." Pizzarelli's ingrained familiarity with the great American songbook is such that his own songs--like the witty "I Wouldn't Trade You" and the effective title ballad--sound right at home beside the classics. Kennedy wrote the sole instrumental, "Oscar Night," a fittingly ebullient tribute to Peterson. --Adam Rains

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Great vocal jazz CD, one of Pizzarelli's best
Bomojaz | South Central PA, USA | 08/16/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"John Pizzarelli is a delightful singer; he's been singing and performing on guitar at a consistently high level since his very first efforts (remember I LOVE JERSEY BEST?). Appearing here with John is the wonderfully swinging Ray Kennedy on piano and brother Martin on bass. The program they play is varied and exciting. It opens with a terrific up-tempo version of FROM MONDAY ON, a tune associated with Bing Crosby, Bix Beiderbecke, and Paul Whiteman. Two other selections are taken way up (I GOT RHYTHM and BABY JUST COME HOME TO ME); the first has a fiery scat chorus by John (the A TISKET, A TASKET, quote is great!), the second is a tune written by him. Ray Kennedy can swing like mad and does so on these two numbers. In fact, Kennedy plays marvelously on everything here; I love his MOODY'S MOOD FOR LOVE quote on I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and his sexy approach on DON'T BE THAT WAY. John's composition KISSES IN THE RAIN would fit perfectly in a film noir movie, and his wife's tune, I WOULDN'T TRADE YOU, is reminiscent of a Cole Porter "list" tune. There are just a lot of pleasant surprises throughout the CD. I think it's one of John Pizzarelli's very best CDs and would recommend it highly to anyone who likes vocal jazz along with excellent small-group accompaniment."