Product Description
Contents: [SHM-CD] A collection of jazz standards by Boz Scaggs, the master of rock, soul, blues, and AOR. Seven years after the release of his previous album, "Out of the Blues," Boz, who has also tackled jazz standards in his 2003 album "But Beautiful" and 2008 album "Speak Low," and is highly regarded as a jazz vocalist, presents in this work classic jazz masterpieces that have influenced him, with a classic groove and sophisticated arrangements, and showcases them with his smoky vocals. While retaining Boz Scaggs' characteristic soul, he has created a work that evokes the cool jazz club. This album also includes a self-cover of Boz's own song "I'll Be Long Gone," released in 1969. This album features Boz Scaggs' take on many classic jazz standards, including "Angel Eyes," made famous by Ella Fitzgerald; "Once I Loved," a famous Brazilian bossa nova song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vincius de Moraes; "The Very Thought of You," a standard written and recorded in 1934 by Ray Nobel; "I Could Have Told You," whose 1953 recording by Frank Sinatra was particularly popular; "The Meaning of the Blues," frequently played by Miles Davis; and "We'll Be Together Again," which has been recorded by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Toshiko Akiyoshi, among others. Seven years after the release of his previous album, "Out of the Blues," Boz Scaggs, who has previously tackled jazz standards on albums such as "But Beautiful" (2003) and "Speak Low" (2008), and is highly regarded as a jazz vocalist, presents classic jazz tunes that have influenced him, infused with a classic groove and sophisticated arrangements, and showcased with his smoky vocals. While retaining Boz Scaggs' characteristic soul, he has created a work that evokes the cool atmosphere of a jazz club. This album also includes a self-cover of his own song "I'll Be Long Gone," released in 1969. (C)RS
