Boz Scaggs: Speak Low

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Michael Giltz wrote in the Huffington Post: "Somebody mentioned famous singers who have tackled standards, listing Rod Stewart and Boz Scaggs together, which is enough to depress any serious vocalist. Though pop singers can become accomplished in tackling the American Songbook, few have done it with such immediate grace and insight as Scaggs, who first delivered an album of standards five years ago with the impeccable But Beautiful. His new Decca release Speak Low is just as sublime, this time adding more ambitious arrangements to the quiet intimacy it's no surprise he gravitated to. Scaggs came to the Blue Note recently, one of the few remaining tiny clubs in New York where you can see a show with a serious audience that pays attention. … When Scaggs duetted with the stylish, beautifully restrained backup singer Mone't or played lightly with 'This Time, The Dream's On Me,' it was thrilling to hear an artist steeped in r&b discover a talent for a subtly different sort of vocalizing. By all means, see him live and buy his new album, one of the best of the year" ("Theater/Music: Sleepwalking …," 11/20/08).