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Billy Eckstine was looking back more than forward by 1960, and his second record for Roulette featured two remakes of familiar hits he'd enjoyed almost 20 years earlier. He also covered two average themes from forgottable movies, the first being the title song (from a Yul Brynner vehicle), the second being "Secret Love" (from a Doris Day film). It may read like a desultory date, and indeed it would have been if not for the presence of a solid jazz band and the surprisingly sympathetic arrangements of big-brass auteur Billy May. Eckstine had fronted some strong bands in the past and consequently doesn't need to strain his voice to equal the energy behind May's charts, even on unexpected swingers like "Stormy Weather" and "I Hear a Rhapsody." "I Apologize," one of the two remakes, is treated with glimmering strings that certainly suggest the '40s but work in the context of the adult-pop era as well. [A 2003 reissue by Roulette Jazz added two bonus tracks, a pair of pop crossovers originally released as a single.]
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Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Teddy Reig, Producer - Rudolph Friml, Composer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harold Arlen, Writer - Ted Koehler, Writer - Ron McMaster, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Teddy Reig, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Larry Conley, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Teddy Reig, Producer - WILLARD ROBISON, Composer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Robison, Composer
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Mercer, Writer - Harold Arlen, Writer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Teddy Reig, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Baker, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Teddy Reig, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Fragos, Composer - Bakes, Composer - Gasparri, Composer
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Herman Hupfeld, Composer, Lyricist - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Teddy Reig, Producer - Hupfeld, Composer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Mercer, Composer - Arlen, Composer - Harold Arlen, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Teddy Reig, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Al Hoffman, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Al Goodhart, Composer - Teddy Reig, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - ED NELSON, Composer
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
SONNY THOMPSON, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Archer, Composer - Teddy Reig, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ben Hillier, Producer - Robin, Composer - Rainger, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Teddy Reig, Producer - Blur, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Fain, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Sammy Fain, Composer - Billy May, Arranger - Teddy Reig, Producer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Duke Ellington, Composer - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer, Recorder - Billy May, Arranger - Don George, Composer - Teddy Reig, Producer - JOHNNY HODGES, Composer - HARRY JAMES, Composer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Joe Reisman, Arranger - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ray Passman, Composer - Billy Eckstine, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Bill Stoddard, Engineer, Recorder
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Joe Reisman, Arranger - Ron McMaster, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Teddy Reig, Producer - Alfred, Composer - Billy Eckstine, Composer, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Bill Stoddard, Engineer, Recorder
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Billy Eckstine was looking back more than forward by 1960, and his second record for Roulette featured two remakes of familiar hits he'd enjoyed almost 20 years earlier. He also covered two average themes from forgottable movies, the first being the title song (from a Yul Brynner vehicle), the second being "Secret Love" (from a Doris Day film). It may read like a desultory date, and indeed it would have been if not for the presence of a solid jazz band and the surprisingly sympathetic arrangements of big-brass auteur Billy May. Eckstine had fronted some strong bands in the past and consequently doesn't need to strain his voice to equal the energy behind May's charts, even on unexpected swingers like "Stormy Weather" and "I Hear a Rhapsody." "I Apologize," one of the two remakes, is treated with glimmering strings that certainly suggest the '40s but work in the context of the adult-pop era as well. [A 2003 reissue by Roulette Jazz added two bonus tracks, a pair of pop crossovers originally released as a single.]
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:45
- Main artists: Billy Eckstine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Blue Note Records, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011.
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