Emilie-Claire Barlow - The Very Thought Of You (2007) [Japanese Edition]

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Emilie-Claire Barlow - The Very Thought Of You (2007)
EAC | APE | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 352 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 148 Mb | Scans included
Vocal Jazz, Standarts | Label: Victor | # VICJ-61527 | Time: 01:00:05

Named after the 1934 Ray Noble-penned standard made famous by Bing Crosby, The Very Thought of You is the sixth studio album from Canadian jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow. Released in 2007, it features silky-smooth renditions of Nat King Cole's "Almost Like Being in Love," Billie Holiday 's "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," and Mama Cass' "Dream a Little Dream of Me" alongside interpretations of hits from various musicals including Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, and Pennies from Heaven.

Canada certainly has produced a healthy collection of females singing loungey jazz covers in the last decade (Diana Krall may well be the matriarch, with Holly Cole and Sophie Milman following behind) so the question remains... how does Emily-Claire Barlow stand out from her competition? Well, creative control, for one thing, having produced and arranged The Very Thought of You, as well as writing the arrangements and conducting the string section on her disc. The end result is a collection that is a little more musically expansive than some of her traditionalist counterparts. The title track oozes its way forward, lushly and restrained; on the second track, "Almost Like Being in Love" Barlow commandingly scats, as she does in and out of a number of tunes, including "Surrey with the Fringe on Top," that features a beguiling arrangement that's far more sexy than perky. As for what the disc does best? That answer would have to be the way the Torontonian embraces jazzy samba and bossa nova rhythms on a number of different tracks, including the playful "Pennies from Heaven," "De Conversa Em Conversa" and the sensually breathy "So Many Stars."

Tracklist:

01. The Very Thought Of You (6:38)
02. Almost Like Being In Love (3:46)
03. O Pato (The Duck) (3:35)
04. Les Yeux Ouverts (Dream A Little Dream Of Me) (4:46)
05. Pennies From Heaven (4:25)
06. What A Little Moonlight Can Do (5:22)
07. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (5:01)
08. My Time Of Day / I've Never Been In Love Before (5:59)
09. C'est Si Bon (3:52)
10. De Conversa Em Conversa (2:55)
11. The Boy Next Door (5:25)
12. So Many Stars (5:28)
13. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Bonus Track) (2:54)

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