Cybill Shepherd: Cybill Getz Better

Shepherd Cybill

1. Triste 2. I Can't Get Started 3. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 4. This Masquerade 5. Mad About the Boy 6. I'm Old Fashioned 7. It Never Entered My Mind 8. Speak Low 9. I'm Falling in Love Again 10. Do It Again

Here's a dandy rare 1970 reissue gem. It's her historic ten song musical blending with tenor sax giant Stan Getz. Just who would have thought? An accomplished actress/model also singing. Well the truth is Cybill was a singer first. She most clearly sings all the right notes here. Mr. Getz pushes her in all the right directions. Her program has "I Can't Get Started" (Gershwin/Duke) with its familiar verse. Cybill enthralls. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Clare/Stept) has her performing low down and dirty. Ace trombonist Frank Rosolino is afforded a chance to solo here. "Mad About the Boy" (Coward) was the original title of the album. Cybill convincingly focuses her attention to "I'm Old Fashioned" (Mercer/Kern). Throughout she is swingingly devastating. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart/Rodgers) is a joyous surprise. Cybill and Stan both turn in a flavourful innovative performance. "Speak Low" (Nash/Weil), as you would expect, is swung and it's a blast. "Do It Again" (DeSylva/Gershwin) is ear grabbingly beautiful. It's sung as a ballad. --Dan Singer, In Tune International, April 2009

Price: $19.98