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Editorial Review:

Speak Low his 17th. studio album; a follow-up to 2003's But Beautiful - "a sort of progressive, experimental effort ... along the lines of some of the ideas that Gil Evans explored" says Boz. Songs on the album include Chet Baker's "She Was Too Good To Be True," Johnny Mercer's "This Time the Dream's on Me," the often recorded "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and the Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash title track. "I'm a vocalist," Scaggs says. "I come more out of a blues/rhythm & blues background, but this is a different way of using my voice, and much more musically challenging and adventurous for me."

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Boz is wonderful
  I've played this CD a million times so far and it keeps playing in my mind. What a voice and what accompaniament. It a beautiful CD and I'm glad I bought it.

• Pleasant, But Frankly Boring
  What is it about aging pop singers that so many of them decide to take a shot at singing the "standards"? And who decided that these songs merit that lofty designation?
  I've been a Boz Scaggs fan from the beginning and figure that I own at least ninety percent of the albums he has recorded. And yes, every once in a while he records an album that just doesn't measure up to what I have come to expect of him. Speak Low is one of those. It is pleasant, but frankly its boring.
  First of all, I find no... more info

• Give this a Grammy!
  Best album of the year! I love this CD. I've listened to it over and over and still love it. Boz Scaggs, as far as I'm concerned is at the top of his career with this release. It's so perfect it's almost scary. The song selection, the band, the arrangements, the CD cover even, combine to make this one of the best albums I've ever heard. I listen to an eclectic mix of music, from Miles Davis to Jobim and Luciana Souza to hip hop, R&B, Tango, Tom Petty, and of course, Boz Scaggs, and I'm still totally... more info

• Sounds like a bad American Idol audition
  I'm a Boz Scaggs fan but this is the worst musical choice I've ever heard a singer make. Nothing funky about these songs so if you're expecting the great Boz sound of the past forget it - and avoid it. I wish I didn't waste my money.

Tracks:

1. Invitation - By Bronislaw Kaper
2. She Was Too Good To Me - by Rodgers and Hart
3. I Wish I Knew - By Mack Gordon and Harry Warren
4. Speak Low - By Ogden Nash and Kurt Weill
5. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me - by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell
6. I'll Remember April - By Gene De Paul, Patricia Johnson and Don Raye
7. Save Your Love For Me - By Buddy Woodrow Johnson
8. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men - By Frances Landesman and Thomas Wolf Jr.
9. Skylark - By Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
10. Senza Fine - By Cesarea, Paoli and Wilder
11. Dindi by - De Oliveria, Gilbert and Jobim
12. This Time The Dream's On Me - By Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer

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