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Watch What Happens: The Jazz Album
from Deutsche Grammophon

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Million-dollar voice!!
  I recently became aware of a new album by one of the finest singers I've ever heard. Thomas Quasthoff is one of the leading bass baritones in today's classical world. What is also phenomenal about this German lieder singer is the ease with which he crosses over into the world of pop and jazz. I have never heard a classical artist do this with such total spontaneity and the ability to not only swing you to death but scatting with titillating aplomb. (See him on Youtube - Thomas Quasthoff - All Blues.) Since... more info

• Wallowing in the worst register of his voice...
  Thomas Quasthoff must have reached a certain benchmark in sales at Deutsche Grammophon to be allowed this indulgence, another unnecessary crossover CD from a media-feted classical singer.
  Oy, but a great classical singer he's not. And he's even a worse jazz singer. As this collection shows, he has listened to his Ella Fitzgerald records faithfully enough to imitate her breathy, conversational delivery in the middle register, while lacking her innate sense of coloring and rubato. His is a dull,... more info

• Good job Quasthoff!
  Is your opinion that classical singers can't sing jazz?
  Being a classical singer my self I know how hard it can be to sing jazz.
  Quasthoff proves with this CD that he is a true musician and separates the two different ways of singing very well.

• Simply wonderful!
  Being a great admirer of T. Quasthoff in his classical performance and a jazz lover, I didn't hesitate to order this cd. Moreover, the jazz impro bonus on The Voice let me think that Mr Quasthoff's voice could match perfectly the jazz style. The result is beyond the expectations. Mr Quasthoff sings these jazz standards as if he had done that all his life long, and the result is astonishing. It is even further enhanced by the great recording! So, order this CD without hesitation....

Tracks:

1. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
2. Watch What Happens
3. Secret Love
4. You And I
5. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
6. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
7. Can't We Be Friends? - Arranged by Alan Broadbent
8. Smile (Final Theme from the Motion Picture "Modern Times") - Arranged by Nan Schwartz
9. They All Laughed
10. My Funny Valentine
11. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - Arranged by Nan Schwartz
12. In My Solitude

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