Jazz for When You're in Love

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 22, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 32. Jazz Records
• ASIN: B00004WKAC
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. (Where Do I Begin) Love Story

2. It's Magic

3. Never Let Me Go

4. More Than You Know

5. My One and Only Love

6. Don't Misunderstand

7. I Am in Love

8. Never Never Land

9. Don't Change Your Mind About Me

10. A Flower

11. That's All

12. My Funny Valentine/You Are So Beautiful

13. Always and Forever

Editorial Reviews

The Jazz For... compilation series from 32 Jazz is not only a tremendous marketing idea -- helping match classic music to the listener's mood and lifestyle -- but also a way to experience the timeless power of a bygone day in jazz. As might be expected for a collection centering on romance, this 13-song gathering tends to focus on the smoky, cool vibe of "More Than You Know," which pits Buck Hill's sensuous tenor sax with Shirley Scott's moody organ. Similarly, Etta James' "Don't Misunderstand" has bedroom eyes written all over it. But it's not all gentle, graceful fare: The opening track, Cedar Walton's take on "Theme From Love Story," is an energetic, swinging affair, as is Les McCann's jumping trio date, "I Am in Love." Other tracks include Kenny Barron's "A Flower," Houston Person and Teddy Edwards' "That's All," and Patti Cathcart-sound-alike vocalist Morganna King doing a sparsely produced medley of "My Funny Valentine" and "You Are So Beautiful." Though writing credits are listed, it might also be nice to know when these dates were originally recorded. ~ Jonathan Widran

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Taste of Jazz for a Novice, September 23, 2000

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This review is from: Jazz for When You're in Love (Audio CD)

Not being a huge jazz fan, I found this inexpensive CD a nice way to sample some really good music. . .it also encouraged me to look for and listen to some of the many artists represented here. I had forgotten how good Morgana King is and I definitely want to hear more of Etta Jones and Sonny Stitt. What a nice surprise this CD was!

4.0 out of 5 stars UNLIKE MOST OF THE 32 JAZZ SERIES THAT WAS COMPILED BY JOEL & ADAM DORN, THIS PROJECT WAS COMPILED BY STAFF MEMBER TODD BARKAN, April 2, 2009

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This review is from: Jazz for When You're in Love (Audio CD)

It's safe to say compiler Todd Baran learned a little something from the Father & Son team (Joel & Adam Dorn), and I must say Todd did a pretty good job. Smooooooooooooooth from start to finish. on this collection we get 4 (Four) Jazz Vocal performances: Charles Brown (With Houston Person on Tenor Saxophone) "Never Let Me Go", which is a fantastic music conversation between these legends! Etta Jones (With Houston Person on Tenor Saxophone again) doing the show stopping favorite "Don't Misunderstand". Freddie Cole "Don't Change Your Mind About Me", which is a wonderful piece of work! Morgana King "My Funny Valentine"/"You Are So Beautiful"...Has there ever really been a bad Morgana King song? This Medley is no exception! (Take Note: Seek out more of her recordings, and you'll hear what I'm talking about). Just these 4 (Four) Vocal Gems are worth the price of this Compact Disc alone!

There is 1 (One) Comptempory Jazz masterpiece by Charles Earland & Eric Alexander "Always And Forever". Now we could have use at least 3 (Three) more Contemporary Jazz tracks which would have rounded out this collection real nice, and had that happened I'd probley would have given this 5 (Five) stars, instead of 4 (Four). Todd miss the mark on that. Nice 'Filler' Tracks by Cedar Walton, Sonny Stitt, Shirley Scott & Buck Hill, Kenny Burrell, Les McCann, Bud Shank, Kenny Barron, Houston Person & Teddy Edwards, complete this collection. This would be deemed as the weakest of this series...So far, but it's still a welcome to ANY lover of 'Real' Jazz music!

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS!!, December 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Jazz for When You're in Love (Audio CD)

This is absolutely, positively one of the best Jazz collections I own, and I own a lot. All of the selections are awesome, especially Etta Jones's "Don't Misunderstand." I love this CD! Thank you Amazon.Com!