Art Garfunkel - Some Enchanted Evening
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Artist: Art GarfunkelBrand: Rhino
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-30
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- I Remember You
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Let's Fall in Love
- I'm Glad There Is You
- Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
- Easy Living
- I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
- You Stepped Out of a Dream
- Some Enchanted Evening
- It Could Happen to You
- Life Is But a Dream
- What'll I Do
- If I Loved You
Free Music Notes for Some Enchanted Evening
Free Music Review: An Enchanting Musical Affair
Hit: 5 Stars
"It wasn't Monet, it was France;
It's not what we say
But the dance we're in;
There lies the mysterious glue
In this set of songs I sing to you" ~ Art Garfunkel ~
As someone who grew up with the standards from my late parents' collection playing over and over at our musical household as sung by Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Cole, Vaughan, Martin, Bennett, Clooney, Day, London, Stafford, among many others, I totally welcome and embrace new interpretations by contemporary artists done in the most beautiful recordings with splendid vocals and sublime arrangements. This album fits that description to a T.
So it's only natural for me to love this "comeback album" of timeless standards by Art Garfunkel, "Some Enchanted Evening." And these are some great reasons.
Firstly, I have admired the music of Simon and Garfunkel in the past - "The Sound of Silence," "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Mrs. Robinson," to mention a few. When the duo went separate ways, I remained a fan of Art Garfunkel having loved some of his hit songs such as "Disney Girls," "I Only Have Eyes For You," "Since I Don't Have You," "It's All In The Game" and "Crying In The Rain," an awesome duet with another talented singer/guitarist/songwriter James Taylor.
Secondly, how can I not love the songs in the repertoire when these are everlasting favorites of mine? These are the most appealing works of brilliant tunesmiths and lyricists such as George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein II, Johnny Mercer, among others. Many thanks Mr. Garfunkel and everyone involved in this incredibly beautiful album of classic standards with such contemporary approach. Let there be a follow-up album of this kind. (Paging Richard Perry and Lauren Wild!).
Thirdly, with its sublimely remarkable arrangements and instrumentations from the finest musicians in the recording scene, the likes of Steve Gadd (drums), Dean Parks, Randy Kerber, Lee Thornburg, Bobby Ginsberg and Frank Simes (guitars), Mike Thompson and Alex Navarro (piano and keyboards), Bob Glaub (synth strings), Nick Sample (bass), Doug Webb (clarinet and flute), Chris Smith (harmonica), Maia Sharp (sax), Michael Montilla (percussion) as well as Mr. Garfunkel's perfect-in-every-way interpretations, this album will truly win not only your ears but also your heart. Mr. Garfunkel has not lost the luster of his voice with the passage of time. The gorgeousness of this album flows freely and smoothly from the first track "I Remember You" to the last "If I Loved You" making each rendition a showcase of his enchanting and heartwarming vocal style. "Someone To Watch Over Me" is stunning. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" is absolutely beautiful. "What'll I Do?" is poignant and moving. "I'm Glad There Is You" is so charming. "It Could Happen To You" is inspiring. "Let's Fall In Love" is so lovable. "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" is outstanding. "Life Is But A Dream" is pensive and features producer Richard Perry on bass vocals. And the title track "Some Enchanted Evening" is enthralling. I've never heard this ditty sang in a totally different rhythm. It's so beautiful!
Lastly, it's an enchantingly perfect addition to your collection of ageless standards.
So deserving of *****TEN STARS*****rating! With my heartfelt recommendation for your listening pleasure always and forever.
"In this album, I confess I am under the sway of two magnificent singers, Chet Baker and Johnny Mathis." ~ Art Garfunkel ~
Some Enchanted Evening Poster
On this album, this legendary vocalist lends his artistry to some of the best loved and most sophisticated selections in the American popular songbook.The angelic half of Simon & Garfunkel may seem predictable in following Rod Stewart and other Baby Boomers on a romp through the Great American Songbook, but Art would have us think his foray is more inspired, more poetic than that, as he sprinkles the inside of his CD jacket with a series of confessional statements. In the first, he informs us he made the album under the "sway" of Chet Baker and Johnny Mathis, and in the second gives even pretentious novelist Jeanette Winterson a run for her money: "It wasn't Monet, it was France; It's not what we say, but the dance we're in." All right, then, but Some Enchanted Evening should also come with a warning sticker: Do not play while operating heavy machinery. In a cotton-soft voice, Garfunkel moves through works by Johnny Mercer, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, and Rodgers and Hammerstein as if he's the spokesperson for Prozac Nation. One may applaud his Everyman's approach to material "owned" by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Rosemary Clooney, but he has tried to build a bridge over... well, not troubled, but complex and emotionally swirling waters, and in this framework, he simply hasn't the phrasing or the interpretative moxie to pull it off. When he sings "I'm so in love" on "Easy Living," he's so passionless he might as well be wooing a canary; likewise, his take on "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" sounds positively lobotomized. Producer Richard Perry (Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Garfunkel's own 1975 Breakaway) tries to compensate by updating the approach--employing synth strings, for example, instead of an orchestra--and tweaking the arrangements with contemporary fusion. But even that is wrong-headed: A pedal steel guitar should not be in the same universe with a clarinet. What were they thinking? --Alanna Nash
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