John Pizzarelli - Knowing You
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Artist: John PizzarelliBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Model: 00089408361524
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
- Coffee, Black
- New Sun In The Sky
- Ain't That A Kick In The Head?
- The Shadow Of Your Smile
- Pick Yourself Up
- Knowing You
- God Only Knows
- Quality Time
- Eastwood Lane
- I Just Found Out About Love
- Say It (Over And Over Again)
- That Face
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
- The First Hint Of Autumn
- If It's The Last Thing I Do
Music reviews of Knowing You
Music Review: The uptunes are sensational; however....
Rating: 4 Stars
I wanted to love this album; I really did. I have asked myself why I believe that the current crop of young women jazz singers are so much better than the current crop of young men jazz singers. I thought this one would prove me blessedly wrong.
But it didn't.
John Pizzarelli has a very light voice. I don't mean thin or weak; I mean light. But he's not "Caetano Veloso"-light. He's more like what Wayne Newton probably sounded like, when Mr. Newton was 15 (i.e., just post-"Danke Schoen").
And when he's singing an uptune, particularly while playing the guitar, he shows his lightness off to maximum advantage. "Coffee, Black", "New Sun in the Sky" and "Pick Yourself Up" are all terrific. Scatting is his strength.
I don't mean he can't do ballads as well; he can. The title track and the last track, "If It's the Last Thing I Do", both have a lazy swing-feel about them, and his voice well suits that style.
But what Mr. Pizzarelli doesn't have in his bag of chops, and the reason I'm not giving this 5 stars, is the ability to sing a dramatic ballad. "The Shadow of Your Smile", "Say It (Over and Over Again)" and "How Long Has This Been Going On" just don't work. Caetano Veloso, for his lightness, can sing a dramatic ballad. Ditto Mel Torme. John Pizzarelli just doesn't have that kind of flexibility in his voice, at least not yet.
What he does have, though, is a musical partner and spouse, Jessica Molaskey, with whom he ought to cut a whole album of duets. In her "Make Believe" of earlier this year, the strongest cut on the album was her duet with her husband, "Cloudburst/Not Geting Married Today". And on this album, the strongest cut is their duet, the tres witty "Quality Time." Not only do they enjoy each other's company, but their voices match. Ms. Molaskey can do the drama; Mr. Pizzarelli can do the lightness; and together they create a very effective vocal "yin-yang."
I look forward to an album of duets by them. I'm certain that, absent major production blunders, that will be a 5-star album. RC
Description of Knowing You
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Inside the CD jacket for Knowing You, John Pizzarelli is pictured barefoot in a summery suit, his shirt untucked. The image nicely captures his unbuttoned approach to popular song. He doesn't have the strongest voice (his scat threatens to vaporize) and doesn't pin back your ears on guitar, but he gets inside the songs with such knowing ease and is so attuned to the demands of cabaret and jazz, he's difficult to resist. This time out, he goes beyond the constraints of his working group--which frequently includes his legendary father, rhythm guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli--to feature tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, clarinetist Ken Peplowski and pianist-organist Larry Goldings. Allen's Getzian solo helps transform the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" into a surprisingly effective vehicle. Pizzarelli and his wife, Broadway singer Jessica Molaskey, make Dave Frishberg's "Quality Time" a workaholic's delight. And there are first-rate renditions of Loesser and Kern, Cahn and Gershwin, making this one of Pizzarelli's best albums. --Lloyd Sachs
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