Forever Love

Mark Whitfield

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 1997)
• Original Release Date: March 4, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000047DP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,498 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Mark Whitfield is a gifted guitarist with a quick-fingered but elegant knack for phrasing. Unfortunately, this gift has been sabotaged by a weakness for sentimentality that dominates Forever Love. Nine of the 10 selections were inspired by a famous jazz vocal by the likes of Dinah Washington, Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Only two have actual vocals (by guest Diana Krall), but Whitfield always supplies the lead voice, whether playing electric guitar with a combo or orchestra or playing acoustic guitar alone. Unlike his famous models, though, Whitfield never undercuts the mushy melodrama with a sobering dose of realism, and becomes as cloying as Earl Klugh or George Benson. --Geoffrey Himes

From Jazziz
On Take the Ride (Verve Forecast), Mark Whitfield underpins his guitar's robust tone and clean, crisp delivery with bubbling funk and R&B rhythms. It's a clear move away from the more tradition-oriented albums he's recorded in the past. "I had gotten far enough with my guitar playing to concentrate on aspects of the music beyond technical execution," Whitfield explains. "I'm not going to do the same thing every year. If I can apply my musicality to what's happening today, I can come up with something interesting and, more important, something that people can enjoy."

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Play the whole night away with this one!!, March 21, 2009

By	S. C. Clarson-Griffin "Billikins" (Toodyay Western Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This brilliant laid back ... romantic.... smokey music is heaven. I purchased this as my first Mark Whitfield CD and despite having a collection of over 4000 CD's this one keeps making it to the 5 disc selection without fail.

So sultry are the renditions of every song... and especially #7 "Early Autumn" with Diana Krall's earthy tones that it is simply a must have, if you simply want to listen to easy ..... glide over your skin ..... magic music.

My husband loves the Benson/Klugh sound of the Gibson.... as we romanced to those two back in late 70's and 80's... so it strikes a cord!

Great way to spend a special dinner and the continuity of pace is what I like... no stand out loud over eager song to wreck the experience!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Competent but corny, January 22, 2007

By	Nikica Gilic (Zagreb, Croatia) - See all my reviews

Dull and uninspired, this is precisely the type of music true jazz fans will want to stay away from, although more general audience might fall for it.
If you like Diana Krall, she is a guest on this CD (surprise, surprise!), singing on two songs.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For all those romantic nights and days..., June 7, 1999

By	Jeff Clark ([e-mail]) (Ellicott City, Maryland) - See all my reviews

Forever Love is incredible. White light filtered down through the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Situated on a blanket between two holly trees, a young couple sat enjoying the cool spring breeze of early April, a picnic lunch with champagne, and the music of Forever Love from a CD player. I held her in my arms and kissed her closed eyes, cheeks, and nose with the soft petals of a rose. Mark Whitfield's guitar was like a film soundtrack, one that fits so perfectly you almost don't notice the subtle effect it's having on you. This is a must for fans of Diana Krall who supplies vocals on two of the tracks and hints at her transition from "Love Scenes" to "When I Look in Your Eyes." Mark Whitfield was the background for many romantic nights and days with the greatest love of my life. I know this album would mean as much to you, too.