Jazz / Vocal
Swing
Standards
Traditional Pop
Vocal Jazz
Recorded: August 16-18, 1993, Studio One, CTS Studios, London, England
Joe Williams (vocals); The Robert Farnon Orchestra
Joe Williams loves the string arrangements of Robert Farnon and the sappy ballad "Here's to Life" but in truth the charts border on muzak and the slow tempoes on this Telarc CD have little variety. Reminiscent a bit of Nat King Cole's string sessions of the 1950s with Gordon Jenkins, there is little jazz content to this set. Williams is in particularly strong form, interpreting the ballads in dramatic and sensitive fashion, but, despite his charm, this is one of his lesser recordings.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic |
