Carol Duboc - Burt Bacharach Songbook
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Artist: Carol DubocEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-08-18
Music Label: Gold Note Music
Soundtracks:
- What the Worlds Needs Now
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
- Wives and Lovers
- My Melody
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- Walk on By
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- The Look of Love
- A House Is Not a Home
- Close to You
- Always Something There to Remind Me
- Say a Little Prayer
Music reviews of Burt Bacharach Songbook
Music Review: intimate, emotive and appealing
Rating: 4 Stars
Carol Duboc does great justice to Burt Bacharach with her tribute album of his songs despite a slight misstep here and there; her own song entitled "My Melody" is very beautiful and creative as well. Carol never skips a beat on these tracks with their somewhat jazzy, bossa nova flavor; this is fine, high quality control music and that's very impressive. Hubert Laws does a fine job on the flute on several of these numbers; Danny Embry, Bob Bowman, Tim Cambron, Luis Conte and Joe Cartwright don't sound all that bad, either! These musicians never try to steal the show from Carol; her voice is squarely in the spotlight which creates a very intimate feeling for the album.
Whether you're listening to "What the World Needs Now," "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," "Wives and Lovers" or any other tune, Carol's voice is in excellent form and this thrills me to no end. Unfortunately, however, there are some parts of a musical arrangement here and there that don't quite do it for me; and that's a shame because Carol's voice is just so good. For example, ""What the World Needs Now" just doesn't sound one hundred percent right; the number is mildly disappointing perhaps because the music doesn't fit completely with Carol's singing, or maybe they played a little too much with the arrangement. "Always Something There To Remind Me" also comes up just a tad short in my book. On the other hand, at least I can say that the tempo and key changes do let Carol put her own stamp on these ballads.
"My Melody" gets the royal treatment from Carol who delivers this perfectly--what skill she displays on this track! She never lets go of a single superfluous note and I love it. True, it's not a Burt Bacharach tune; but it fits in with the rest of the music on the album.
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" sounds quite sweet when Carol performs it; this is easy on the ear and that music fits in perfectly with Carol's singing. "Walk on By" works particularly well; and listen for "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" which sounds quite a bit like the original arrangement for this number. "The Look of Love" is very jazzy; and other gems include "A House Is Not a Home" and "Close To You." The two closing numbers, "Always Something There to Remind Me" and "I Say A Little Prayer," have a jazzy/bossa nova flavor that works very well to make them strong and memorable.
Carol Duboc turned out a very good CD with this release even though one or two numbers are slightly less than perfect due to minor trouble with the arrangements. I still recommend this album for Carol's fans; and people who enjoy Burt Bacharach songs would do well to consider adding this to their collections.
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Description of Burt Bacharach Songbook
After vocalist Carol Duboc moved back to her hometown of Kansas City in 2008 she decided to honor Burt Bacharach, who was also born there, with this tribute record. Joining Carol is three time Grammy nominee Hubert Laws on flute along with her regular group of guitarist Danny Embry (Sergio Mendes), bassist Bob Bowman (Freddie Hubbard) and pianist Joe Cartwright (Mel Torme). Her writing and arranging success has included, among other things, the song This Word is All on Patti LaBelle's gold CD Gems, as well as the title cut, Precious, on Chante Moore's Gold CD. Carol also penned the hit single Never Do You Wrong for Stephanie Mills, and the song That Boy on Jade's Jade To The Max CD, which attained Platinum status.Jazz CDs
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