The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens

The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens

The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens
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Brand: Jazz
Composer: George Gershwin
Composer: Adam John / Price, Stuart David Blake
Composer: Sammy Fain
Composer: Stevie Wonder
Composer: Harold Arlen
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Composer: Eric Stephen Cunningham
Composer: Charlie [1] Chaplin
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Composer: Michel Legrand
Composer: Duke Ellington
Conductor: Nan Schwartz Mishkin
Orchestra: Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin
Performer: Alan Broadbent
Performer: Thomas Quasthoff
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
  1. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
  2. Watch What Happens
  3. Secret Love
  4. You And I
  5. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
  6. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
  7. Can't We Be Friends? - Arranged by Alan Broadbent
  8. Smile (Final Theme from the Motion Picture "Modern Times") - Arranged by Nan Schwartz
  9. They All Laughed
  10. My Funny Valentine
  11. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - Arranged by Nan Schwartz
  12. In My Solitude

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Music Review: Thomas Quasthoff shines once again, & sounds just like a Rat-Packer!
Rating: 5 Stars

I have most of the superb Thomas Quasthoff's albums, and am always interested in hearing him do different music. Singing these jazz numbers, he sounds just like a member of the Rat Pack! He always sings authentically, and always with great originality. In this jazz album, Mr. Quasthoff sings with no trace of a German accent, and he captures the style and razzle-dazzle of these songs. The liner notes indicate that these songs were selected to form a song cycle of the artist's own emotional experiences.

My favorites are the Stevie Wonder song "You and I" and "They All Laughed." Other composers featured are George Gershwin, Michel Legrand, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, and others. There is a mix of the upbeat and humorous (Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Can't We Be Friends, They All Laughed), and the more reflective and serious (Smile, In My Solitude).

There is quite a bit of artistry involved in the interpretations here. For example, in Duke Ellington's "In my Solitude," there is disturbing and eerie quality, particularly in the instrumental section following the line "I know that I'll soon go mad." Special mention must be made of the outstanding instrumental contributions, the excellent Till Bronner on trumpet and Alan Broadbent on piano, as well as the back up orchestra, which is essential to the interpretations (such as in the Duke Ellington, mentioned above).

This entire album is masterfully sung by Mr. Quasthoff in his own unique style. I highly recommend this album, as I do all his other albums. I only wish that Thomas Quasthoff would begin recording albums of all his current concerts, such as Brahm's Die Schone Magelone, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Much of the public, myself included, can never get enough of this voice and more albums.
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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 13-FEB-2007
Is it surprising that a master of German art song would produce a jazz album? Not if he's Thomas Quasthoff, who has sung jazz since his university days and maintains an infectious enthusiasm for it. From breezily light baritone to sexy bass (he rumbles very comfortably around low F), Quasthoff totally adapts his sound to the music's needs, confidently attacking certain notes "white" before adding vibrato. The American "r" ? so difficult for foreign artists ? does draw undue attention, as do certain vowel sounds, but otherwise Quasthoff's delivery of English is convincing. He sings much of the music comparatively "straight" (one frequently wishes he'd indulge in some really off-the-wall improvisation), but he definitely knows his way around this material. Highlights are a cool "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," a jaunty "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive," and especially haunting versions of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" and Duke Ellington's "In My Solitude." Very enjoyable, too, is the growling conclusion of Stevie Wonder's "You and I." Quasthoff is supported by a strong ensemble, including Germany's most gifted jazz trumpeter, Till Brönner, and the excellent pianist Alan Broadbent. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchestra, however, brings an unwelcome "101 Strings""flavor to six numbers. --Roger Pines

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