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Mostly Smooth, NEVER Dull

07/06/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a WONDERFUL album. Al Jarreau and Randy Crawford really click as a duet pair on the three songs they sing together. Yellowjackets serve as a top notch backing band for most of the pieces on the album, and the tune they headline, Monmouth College Fight Song, is great loads of fun. Throughout the album, the musisians are really together and feeding off one another in the fine tradition of great jazz. The killer song here, tho, is Randy Crawford's cover of John Lennon's "Imagine". Probably the finest rendition of this song every recorded, it'll raise the hairs on your neck and land on you with every bit of emotion and feeling for humankind that Lennon put into that piece. "Casino Lights" is easily one of the best recordings in our music collection."

This is the best of the best.

phil | moncton.new-brunswick | 10/12/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i still have the lp since the late 70's.i'm so glad that i could find it in amazon.if you want a cd to listen in front on a nice fire in the fireplace,good wine & a wonderful lady,you won't be disappointed. i garanteed that you will have goose bumps all night long."

Blown Away

C Wood | Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom | 07/11/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I cannot find the words to express how much I enjoy this recording. The technical ability of the artists is amazing and being a musician myself, I can certainly appreciate how demanding some of the tracks are! With two of the worlds best vocalists in Al Jarreau and Randy Crawford, this album will appeal to soul music fans as well as jazz maniacs. The highlight for me is the Yellowjackets 'Monmouth College Fight Song' which I have covered for many years in my own band and finally I own my own copy - Priceless!"