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Pair all-time great jazz balladeer Billy Eckstine with master arranger Billy May and what you get is magic. The complete 1960 Roulette release, 24-bit mastered and reissued with two rare single sides, Anything You Wanna Do (I Wanna Do with You) and Like Wow . First time on CD!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
BRILLIANT, STRONG, SMOOTH, SENSITIVE, SEXY and BEAUTIFUL,
By W.H. (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Once More With Feeling (Audio CD)
Billy Eckstine is one of the most romantic and sensuous male singers ever. He delivers--14 tracks on this cd with his mellow baratone voice that has just the right amount vibrato. His vocal phrasing and grap of rhythm and lyrics is EAR CANDY OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE. His quality of talent has not been seen before or since he was on the scene. On this cd, I particulary enjoyed A Cottage for Sale, Blues in the Night, I Hear a Rhapsody, As Time Goes By, I Apologize, Stormy Weather, With Every Breath I Take, I'm Beginning to See the Light, and a very sexy version of That Old Black Magic. Although I could have done without the song called Like Wow. But this cd is worth the money because Billy's strong, dreamy, sexy delivery is VERY SPECIAL and NOT TO BE MISSED.
5.0 out of 5 stars
outstanding performer,
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Billy Eckstine was one of my favorite singers when I was in high school back in the fifties. The songs on this album brought back great memories. I don't think Billy Eckstine ever got the recognition he deserved.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Although I have never heard Billy Eckstine sing before,
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I have heard of him and I bought this album sight unseen when I saw the arrangements were written by none other
than the irreplaceable Billy May. I always felt that an album succeeds or fails not only on the talent of the vocalist but the orchestrator's contribution is equally important. On this album May succeeds with bracing arrangements as always. But I will say that although Eckstine has a fine voice, his type of singing seems mannered to me. I'm not saying he's a bad singer because he's not. Its just that his particular way of singing doesn't really move me that much. That may be why he doesn't seem as timeless to me as Nat Cole or Johnny Mathis. This is still a fine album but I find myself paying more attention to May's charts than I do Eckstine's singing. He does represent an era of singers that is sadly long gone so I do recommend this album and I also want the tracks that he sang with Nelson Riddle as well.
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