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Track Listings
| 1. Someone To Watch Over Me |
| 2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To |
| 3. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart |
| 4. In A Sentimental Mood |
| 5. Willow Weep For Me |
| 6. Yesterdays |
| 7. If You Could See Me Now |
| 8. I'm Just A Lucky So And So |
| 9. Day Dream |
| 10. Embraceable You |
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A lesson . . .,
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This review is from: Ballads Blues & Bey (Audio CD)
The opening track of this disc was played for a 'Blindfold Test' panel, at the 2003 Monterey Jazz Festival, that consisted of Kevin Mahagonny, Kurt Elling, Mark Murphy and Jon Hendricks. The audience was spellbound and the singers were unanimous in the special qualities and beauty of Bey's work. But the best way to describe this album was in Mark Murphy's words; "this is the tempo of love."All the tempos are slow, Bey's own accompaniments spare. He stretches out each tune, but his method is unique; he phrases almost independantly of the tune, but so musically and beautifully that it combines both the tension and release of the melodys all but breaking free from the harmonies, always to return, and of course the sheer expressive beauty of his voice, which is a wonder, but may not be to everyone's taste. It is an instrument, and he thinks instrumentally, unlike pop singers but like all the great jazz singers. In a serious way he is the opposite side of the coin to Betty Carter, each reworking the standard fare to discover the NEW, yet approaching from opposite directions. Cherishable.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bey brings a new range to some good standards,
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This review is from: Ballads Blues & Bey (Audio CD)
Andy Bey's interpretations are original, evocative, and in a few cases haunting. I almost swooned at "Someone to watch over me." Bey redefines mellow -- yet in a few places (like "Yesterdays") he lets an edge creep in, which keeps things from getting mushy or maudlin. He is a class act.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
THAT VOICE,
By Robert Bannerman (Wash., DC area) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ballads Blues & Bey (Audio CD)
Very difficult to explain what Andy's voice does to and for me. I get the feeling at times that he records only for my personal listening pleasure. After an almost 15 year search, I was finally able to get Andy's first two recordings (albums)on CD. His two sisters accompanied him on both. The first album was entitled "Now hear this" and I forget the title of the second. Point: If you like Andy Bey, you absolutely must hear these recordings. His renditions of Round Midnight, In My Solitude and God Bless The Child are BREATH TAKING, PAINFUL, AND ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE. I'd be happy to share. Thank You
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