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4.0 out of 5 stars
Charming twenties entertainer, November 22, 2005
This review is from: Breezin Along With the Breeze (Audio CD)
Johnny Marvin had a #1 hit with "Breezin' along with the breeze." It's just him and his ukulele singing a song about being carefree and it works fantastically. If other instruments had been added, the intimate feeling of the song - the sense that we are eavesdropping on a solitary, contented traveler - would have been lost. It is almost a prototype for the many ukulele songs that would be recorded in the twenties and the thirties. Other highlights here include "Singin' in the rain," "Little by little," and "Painting the clouds with sunshine." He didn't have a great voice (Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards had the beautiful, three octave voice). He wasn't a great ukulele player (Cliff Edwards could play hot). His charm is the ingenuous quality of his vocals. A well trained singer would have robbed these recordings of their charm. If you collect ukulele music (Half of these have accompaniment by small orchestras), this is a must. If you collect music from the twenties, this is on your "B" list of cds to buy. As always, Living Era has produced clean digital recordings with very little hiss. Enjoy.
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