Artist: Andre Previn
Album: A Touch of Elegance
Genre: Bop, Cool
Label: Columbia/Legacy
Released: 1994
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- What's New? (3:13)
- I Remember You (2:38)
- When Will I Hear from You (3:10)
- Signing Off (2:40)
- Perdido (2:36)
- A Portrait of Bert Williams (3:36)
- A Touch of Elegance (3:19)
- What Am I Here For (2:49)
- Le Sucrier Velours (3:03)
- Mack the Knife (4:57)
- Bilbao-Song (4:08)
- Travelin' Light (2:45)
- Gone with the Wind (3:07)
- Lost in the Stars (3:35)
- Meet Me Halfway (3:15)
- Bye Bye Blackbird (3:37)
- Intersection (4:09)
- Don't Sing Along (4:25)
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A Touch of Elegance draws its material from five of pianist André Previn's Columbia albums of the 1961-1962 period. Three of the five albums (13 of the 18 selections on this sampler) feature Previn's piano backed by string orchestras on well-played easy listening music that rarely wanders from the melody. Two other songs are taken from a quartet set with trombonist J.J. Johnson, while three pieces feature guitarist Herb Ellis. The latter are more adventurous, but overall the music on this CD is overly safe; tasteful but predictable.
Review by Scott Yanow