My Gentleman Friend
- 艺人
- Blossom Dearie
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Verve
- 发行时间
- 1970年01月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by John Bush
The most expressive of jazz vocalists, Blossom Dearie's first three records for Verve -- all masterpieces -- displayed an artist with an uncommon ability to transfer a well-worn standard into a new song, usually informed by her light touch with piano and voice as well as her delightful coquette persona. My Gentleman Friend, her final full-length for the label, suffers only in comparison to her previous work; with fewer all-time standards available from her performing repertoire, Dearie was forced to resort to a few French titles and many middle-rank or then-current standards. It doesn't come as a surprise, then, that the song with the most compositional weight -- George and Ira Gershwin's &Someone to Watch Over Me& -- is the highlight. Dearie gracefully tiptoes through the classic, her reading rosy and meditative. Another Gershwin tune, &Little Jazz Bird,& leads off the record with Dearie affecting her usual blend of warmth and insouciance. Aside from those two, the rest of the material is Blossom by numbers: simply average, forgettable songs given solid readings. The backing very nearly makes up for the lack of great compositions -- Dearie leads a quartet comprising her piano, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums.
最新简评（共2条）
- @寅子：一听就是有故事啊
- @Adrian_Fan(hjello)：one of 2 best versions of Someone to Watch Over Me, such cuteness