At the Movies (Dave Koz)
from Capitol
Disk 1: - Over The Rainbow (The Wizard Of Oz) - Moon River (Breakfast At Tiffany's) - As Time Goes By (Casablanca) - Somewhere (West Side Story) - The Shadow Of Your Smile (Love Theme From The Sandpiper) - The Pink Panther (The Pink Panther) - The Way We Were (The Way We Were) - The Summer Knows (Theme From Summer Of '42) - It Might Be You (Tootsie) - Cinema Paradiso Suite (Cinema Paradiso) - A Whole New World (Aladdin) - Schindler's List (Main Theme From Schindler's List) - It Might Be You (Instrumental Version) (Tootsie) - The Shadow Of Your Smile (Instrumental Version) (Love Theme From The Sandpiper)
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Binding/Format: Audio CD
Model No: 0094631140525
Release Date: 30/01/2007
Availability: dispatched within 24 hours
Index: Music
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Music Pod Price: £17.56
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Concept discs tend to go one of two ways--they dance around a theme, causing listeners to draw their own conclusions about how well the album hangs together, or they come on strong. Sax man Dave Koz's At the Movies floats mellifluously into the second category. From the moment Judy Garland's voice comes keening through the crackle of "Over the Rainbow," we're transported directly into the cinema alongside Koz and a handful of high-wattage friends. Only in Koz's theater, the music is at times more heart-tuggingly pretty than we remember. "Moon River," from Breakfast at Tiffany's meanders gracefully before Barry Manilow surfaces to lend a languid, signature-smooth vocal. "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper sends ripples of bittersweetness down the spine straight through the soul. In a surprising standout track, India.Arie snakes her vocal to Tootsie's "It Might Be You" around Koz's sax so winningly you half-wish she had sung the original. Koz himself is no slouch here, either: six instrumentals belong to him exclusively, some so lush it seems a shame do-overs aren't on Oscar's radar. --Tammy La Gorce
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Associated music album categories: Jazz & Smooth Jazz |
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