Sings and Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Augmenting his typically sparse, airy small-group aesthetic with lush, romantic string orchestrations, the melancholic trumpeter delivers one of his most delicate and commercially successful vocal outings. His famously fragile, hushed singing voice perfectly navigates the sweet, sophisticated arrangements provided by Johnny Mandel and Marty Paich. The highly evocative, deeply intimate recordings permanently cemented his image as the tragic, profoundly sensitive romantic idol of the cool jazz movement.