BOBBY CALDWELL: Come rain or come shine [RE-UP]

BOBBY CALDWELL
Bobby Caldwell é pianista, guitarrista, compositor e cantor. Embora sua área de atuação seja mais ligada ao "pop-rock", Caldwell - com muito talento e sensibilidade - produziu esta bela homenagem a Frank Sinatra.
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BOBBY CALDWELL
Bobby Caldwell (born August 15, 1951 in New York City) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a prolific musical output over his 30-year career. Born in Manhattan and raised in Miami, Bobby came from a show business family. His mother and father both sang and were the hosts of one of the first musical variety programs on television, "Suppertime." Bobby grew up listening to show tunes, the music of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, as well as The Beatles. These early influences are prevalent in Bobby's singing and songwriting. His songwriting skills have earned hits not only for himself, but also for well-known artists like Chicago, Boz Scaggs, Peter Cetera and Amy Grant, Neil Diamond and Al Jarreau. Bobby's timeless classic, "What You Won't Do For Love" has been recorded and sampled by more than 100 artists, including rendition by Boys II Men. Bobby chose a career in music at the tender age of 17. He has devoted his entire life to song writing, recording, performing and most of all making people happy. Bobby has toured the USA and the globe for 40 years, bringing his music to fans of all ages and backgrounds, and he continues to do so.
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ALBUM REVIEW
For this, his 10th CD, Caldwell strikes poses of Frank Sinatra in phrasing, repertoire and arrangements. His flexible, enjoyable voice could not be mistaken as similar to anyone but Ol' Blue Eyes, and these twelve selections, plus a bonus pop tune from an earlier recording, echo The Chairman in swing and substance. The bands are made up of West Coast sessionmen, particularly good solos come from tenor saxophonist Ernie Watt, fellow tenor Pete Christlieb shows up, and the drumming from John Guerin, Tony Pia and Gregg Bissonette is particularly strong. The tunes alternate between big band sounds and string accompaniment. Caldwell sings well in both contexts, his more up numbers being the title track, Billy May's arrangement for "Day In, Day Out" with a "rain or shine" quote, the Nelson Riddle chart of "I've Got The World On A String," and the Bobby Darin fave "Beyond The Sea." Effective ballads with strings include the most like Frank with swelling orchestration during "Indian Summer," a more individualistic Caldwell for "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry," the big band/strings combo with Watts tenor for "Old Devil Moon," and the pristine "Ill Wind." Caldwell wrote the ballad "April Moon," a tale of being jilted and talking to the skies for a solution, and there's the most rambling "I've Got You Under My Skin," Riddle's interpretation, with a tick tock, let's move on urgency. Caldwell seems to have hit his stride on the CD, perfect for the swing revivalist times, and a well conceived and thought out plan of attack to fill a void left by a departed master of this idiom.
(By Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide)
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MINHA OPINIÃO
Este é mais um álbum em homenagem a Frank Sinatra. A exemplo do CD de Steve Tyrell, Bobby Caldwell, cuja carreira sempre foi ligada ao pop/rock, mostra o seu lado "jazzy". E o faz com classe e categoria, acompanhado por uma "big-band" formada por músicos do primeiro time. Curiosamente, boa parte dos arranjos não foram escritos especialmente para Caldwell e consistem em transcrições e/ou re-adaptações de partituras produzidas para outros artistas (principalmente para o próprio Sinatra) por grandes arranjadores como Nelson Riddle e Billy May. E isto é muito interessante porque você - que já conhece o arranjo e o "clima" da música com Sinatra - pode apreciar a interpretação de Caldwell, com a mesma roupagem. (Mas cuidado! Não vale comparar os "covers" com os originais...) Um arranjo que eu considero uma obra-prima - o de "Beyond the Sea", escrito por Ralph Burns e Frank Foster para George Benson, foi reduzido e simplificado, mas a extraordinária re-harmonização, a "cereja do bolo", foi mantida. Grande álbum de Bobby Caldwell.
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BOBBY CALDWELL: Come rain or come shine

PERSONNEL:
Bobby Caldwell (vocals)
Michael Allemana, John Chiodini, Steve Cotter (guitar)
Julie Berghofer (harp)
Pete Christlieb (flute, alto saxophone)
Doug Webb, Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone)
Bob Summers, Wayne Bergeron (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Bruce Otto (trombone)
Mark McMiillen (piano, Hammond B-3 organ)
Mike Lang (piano)
Wally Snow (vibraphone, percussion)
Chuck Berghofer, Neil Stubenhaus, Robert Vally, John Murray (bass)
John Guerin, Greg Bissonette, Tony Pia (drums)
Sally Stevens, Melissa Mackay, Susie Stevens-Logan (background vocals)
The Ira B. Liss Big Band.

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
01. Come Rain Or Come Shine
02. Old Devil Moon
03. Day In Day Out
04. I'll Be Around
05. Indian Summer
06. (I've Got You) Under My Skin
07. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
08. The Best Is Yet To Come
09. Beyond The Sea
10. April Moon
11. I've Got The World On A String
12. Ill Wind
13. Come To Me