Talkin Verve

Buddy Greco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000059QC2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,872 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars distorted, September 2, 2003

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wills pop (dixon, ca United States) - See all my reviews

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excellent material, with a great performance by buddy, but the disc has too much hiss and distortion, this 5 star performance deserved a better transfer to cd.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars playing the field, January 14, 2003

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H D. MEIJ "Herman van der Meij" (Jipsinghuizen, Holland) - See all my reviews
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These are some of Buddy Greco's recordings for the Kapp and Coral label about 1955. Buddy seems to be at his very best in trio settings. Listen to his handling of Playing The Field- Cuba- Yes Sir That's My Baby. I never heard better interpretations. I own all Buddy's old LP's and I hope Verve will issue all other Kapp and Coral stuff as soon as possible!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Consumate Player/Singer, August 3, 2010

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i was apprehensive when buying this CD. I am very familiar with Mr Greco's work, & was hoping it would be in his vintage period of 50's to mid 60's. When I put in on , I was GASSED ! I listen to many singers of standards/show tunes : Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Mel Torme, Steve Lawrence, Frankie Randall, Tony Bennett, June Christy, Ella, Sassie, all who are superb , but at his best, NOBODY , & I mean NOBODY can touch Buddy Greco ! To say he swings is such an understatement : his songs, at whatever tempo, SMOULDER, SIZZLE,TRANSFORM THe AIR AROUND ONE. He has been critizied for his excesses ('quasi-operatic vibrato" 'smarmy', 'schmaltzy, ) but for someone who knows about the drama conection between song & lyric, WHO CARES ! His renditions of TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, ALL OF YOU , IT'S ALRIGHT WITH ME, just to mention a few are MASTERPIECES.He, at his best, is THE textbook example of EVERYTHING a singer needs to fill a lounge, or a large room, & then some.
His approach to a tune in small groups like these differs somewhat from his Big Band & orchestral settings : one hears a delicate rendering that BUILDS, using a comprehensive array of singer-like trills, curls, changes in dynamics, & the ESSENCE of a tune that, in other singer's hands, pales significatnly. His larger group albums are equally good, though the emphasis is more on his own brand of operatics.

This album is a GEM !