Connick, Harry, Jr. / True Love: a Celebration of Cole Porter
Album: True Love: a Celebration of Cole Porter   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Connick, Harry, Jr.   Added:Feb 2020
Label:Verve Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2020-03-11 Pull Date: 2020-08-26 Charts: Jazz

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-03-01
Reviewed: 2020—03-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Vocalist Connick celebrates Cole Porter chestnuts with a big band.
If You Like: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nelson Riddle
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Anything Goes – horns start> bouncy uptempo song> crescendo end
*2/ I Love Paris – horns start> uptempo song>
3/ Concentrate On You – horns start> midtempo song builds in volume, then mellows> fade
*4/ All Of You – drums start> slow tempo song> crescendo & fade
5/ Mind If I Make Love To You – horns start> midtempo song builds to crescendo& slows to stop
*6/ Just One Of Those Things – drums start> bouncy uptempo song> crescendo end
7/ In The Still Of The Night – horns/piano start> midtempo song with strings> song builds in volume & swings uptempo with big band> fade
*8/ Why Can’t You Behave – strings start> crescendo> slow tempo song> fade
*9/ Begin The Beguine – piano starts> fast tempo jam morphs into swinging big band romp> quick stop
**10/ You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To – drums start> bouncy midtempo jam> midtempo song> crescendo end
*11/ True Love – horns start> midtempo song builds in volume> pause> fade
12/ You’re Sensational – horns start> bouncy uptempo song> crescendo end
**13/ You Do Something To Me – horns start> uptempo jam> crescendo end

Track Listing
1. Anything Goes   7. In the Still of the Night
2. I Love Paris   8. Why Can't You Behave
3. I Concentrate on Paris   9. Begin the Beguine
4. All of You   10. You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To
5. Mind If I Make Love to You   11. True Love
6. Just One of Those Things   12. You're Sesational
  13. You Do Something to Me