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Buy Now	Only You (more) »rank: 2368 by: Jr. Harry Connick : :Having long been unfairly dismissed as an ingenious Sinatra impersonator in some critical quarters, it's easy to see why Harry Connick, Jr., has been reluctant to record the sort of pop standards cover album that's become the career refuge of rock artists as diverse as Bryan Ferry and Rod Stewart. But that's exactly what the New Orleans pop revivalist has done here on a slate of familiar chestnuts from the 1950s and '60s. But there's a notable conflict at work between Connick the arranger/conductor and Harry the pop crooner. The former seems eager to infuse his charts with the sort of restless, reinventive ...	Buy Now	Latin Jazz Christmas (more) »rank: 1103 by: Caribbean Jazz Project, Poncho Sanchez, Sheila E., Ed Calle, Arturo Sandoval, Pete Escovedo, Jim Gasior, Dan Warner, Justo Almario, Ray Obiedo : :Having long been unfairly dismissed as an ingenious Sinatra impersonator in some critical quarters, it's easy to see why Harry Connick, Jr., has been reluctant to record the sort of pop standards cover album that's become the career refuge of rock artists as diverse as Bryan Ferry and Rod Stewart. But that's exactly what the New Orleans pop revivalist has done here on a slate of familiar chestnuts from the 1950s and '60s. But there's a notable conflict at work between Connick the arranger/conductor and Harry the pop crooner. The former seems eager to infuse his charts with the sort of restless, reinventive ...
Buy Now	The Dana Owens Album (more) »rank: 3453 by: Queen Latifah :Album Description:'...a collection of timeless classics chosen and covered by the Queen herself' :Everyone grows up... even rappers. Pioneering female MC Queen Latifah shows a newfound level of maturity on The Dana Owens Album. A set of standards the rapper/actress decided to cover, the album features a host of jazz classics and R&B favorites. Latifah is at her seductive best when playing the sultry siren on Al Green's 'Simply Beautiful.' With a little help from Green himself, Latifah's vocals slide over the warm, organ-drenched instrumental. The result is one that works today as well as it would have several years ago. Similarly, the ...	Buy Now	Christmas & Hits Duos (Slip) (more) »rank: 3956 by: Diana Krall :Album Description:Two CD set. Christmas Songs is a 2005 album by Diana Krall performed with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. This is Krall's first full-length album of Christmas songs (not counting 1998's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas EP), and her first studio album with a big band. It is her ninth album overall. The Very Best of Diana Krall is the eleventh album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2007. On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 19, selling about 30,000 copies in its first week.
Buy Now	Heute Nacht Oder Nie (more) »rank: 7615 by: Max Raabe & Palast Orchester : :Faultlessly fitting tuxedo, hair slicked back, a cheeky look and Max Raabe sings the best of the 20s and early 30s with amusing nostalgia. Songs, hits and couplets. Cuban rumbas, cheerful foxtrots and elegant tangos - songs of amazingly serious, amusing, yet melancholy simplicity. The ironic lyrics suit the times today as much they did eighty years ago. In the concert halls of New York, Shanghai, Paris, Berlin and Moscow, in Tokyo, Los Angeles, Vienna, Amsterdam and Rome the audiences celebrate Max Raabe and his Palast Orchester with incredible enthusiasm. This 2CD set is a unique document of the highly critically acclaimed ...	Buy Now	Songs of Sinatra (more) »rank: 5728 by: Steve Tyrell : : As its title indicate, this CD sees popular vocalist Steve Tyrell pay tribute to the Sinatra songbook, and pretty much every track is a famous nugget closely identified with the Chairman of the Board. That Tyrell is no Sinatra is a given, but the combination of his slightly hammy delivery and old-school arrangements makes this perfect bourbon and leather-armchair music--familiar and comfortable. Three of the songs ('Fly Me to the Moon,' 'The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else' and 'Something Stupid') reproduce the original orchestrations--and really, how can you go wrong with those?--while the others boast cushy new ones by Bob ...
Buy Now	Soul Christmas (more) »rank: 3129 by: Various Artists : : As its title indicate, this CD sees popular vocalist Steve Tyrell pay tribute to the Sinatra songbook, and pretty much every track is a famous nugget closely identified with the Chairman of the Board. That Tyrell is no Sinatra is a given, but the combination of his slightly hammy delivery and old-school arrangements makes this perfect bourbon and leather-armchair music--familiar and comfortable. Three of the songs ('Fly Me to the Moon,' 'The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else' and 'Something Stupid') reproduce the original orchestrations--and really, how can you go wrong with those?--while the others boast cushy new ones by Bob ...	Buy Now	When My Heart Finds Christmas (more) »rank: 4247 by: Harry Connick Jr. : :New Orleans pianist, singer, and songwriter Harry Connick Jr. has done what many makers of Christmas records strive for but seldom achieve: he's made a Christmas record that sounds convincingly like a '40s period piece and rigorously like a cool, contemporary jazz disc. His powerful, self-written Christmas songs sound like polished standards, and he delivers the whole package with a sassy, vocal economy (with the occasional New Orleans accent) and an orchestral richness that is never indulgent or overwhelming. When My Heart Finds Christmas is a true classic that no lover of big-band jazz and singing (in the Sinatra style)--and Christmas music--should be ...
Buy Now	A Kiss To Build A Dream On (more) »rank: 4931 by: Jessica Molaskey :Album Description:Perennial cabaret star Jessica Molaskey joins with New York City's first family of cool! Features red-hot jazz performer John Pizzarelli on two charming vocal duets.	Buy Now	Surrender (more) »rank: 5188 by: Jane Monheit : :Jane Monheit has a lovely voice, one that in its purest, most lilting form reminds you of the young Barbra Streisand, with the show-stopping qualities that suggests. Her haunting rendition of Sergio Mendes''So Many Stars,' the runaway highlight of Surrender, is also one of the best things she's ever done. (Mendes arranged and produced the track and plays keyboard on it.) Since she stopped trying so hard to be a jazz singer and found her mark as a popular vocalist specializing in Brazilian music (there are also guest turns by singer Ivan Lins and harmonica great Toots Thielemans), Monheit has sounded more at ...