I thought about you : a tribute to Chet Baker
Eliane Elias
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AllMusic
2016
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Thom Jurek
2016
"Cutting standards isn't a new thing for German jazz chameleon Till Brönner. His 1995 debut album, Generations of Jazz, contained fine renditions of "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "I Want to Be Happy." Since then he's recorded classic tunes of all kinds - from pop and soul to Brazilian and film gems -- in a wide variety of settings.The Good Life marks the trumpeter and vocalist's return to straight-ahead jazz ...This is a romantic and "light" record for sure, and it's one that shows Brönner's assuredness in reinterpreting the repertoire with grace and sophistication".
JazzTimes
d. 21. Nov. 2016
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Christopher Loudon
d. 21. Nov. 2016
"In Germany he is the biggest-selling native jazz artist in history, and has been for more than a decade. He's worked with a galaxy of international stars, including Ray Brown, Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Mark Murphy, Nils Landgren, Madeleine Peyroux, Luciana Souza, Kurt Elling, Sérgio Mendes, Annie Lennox and Melody Gardot ... Assessing Brönner's voice, with its breathy tone and gentle cadence, it's difficult not to draw comparisons to another singing trumpeter, Chet Baker (to whom he paid album-length tribute in 2000, with Chattin With Chet). But where Baker's vocals tended toward the ethereal, often feeling haunted, Brönner is far more present, his lilting style strongly suggesting the late Kenny Rankin".