Music / jazz

For centennial reasons : 100 year salute to Nat King Cole


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JazzTimes

d. 21. Mar. 2019

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Andrew Gilbert

d. 21. Mar. 2019

"Whether he's wending his way through well-worn ballads such as "The Very Thought of You" and "Body and Soul," or cutting loose on obscure pieces like Bobby Troupe's "I'm a Hungry Man" and Danny Barker's "Save the Bones for Henry Jones (Cause Henry Don't Eat Meat)," Pizzarelli finds the ideal tempo, his phrasing a model of grace and efficiency. Pizzarelli was never a wild man musically, but the older-and-wiser persona suits him on his latest Nat Cole communion".


DownBeat

2019 May

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Jeff Potter

2019 May

"As a Great American Songbook flame-keeper, vocalist and guitarist John Pizzarelli's unpretentious, song-centered approach has earned wide crossover success during a career that includes numerous tribute recordings honoring both jazz and pop artists. But Pizzarelli never is more at home than when covering his early idols, like Sinatra and Cole, whom he spotlighted on a pair of discs from the '90s, Dear Mr. Cole and P.S. Mr. Cole".