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  | KRYSTYNA DURYS ~ AT THE MOVIES
NOT ON LABEL ~ POLAND ~ Smooth Jazz
Recorded: 2021 Released: 2022
This is the second album by Polish Jazz vocalist Krystyna DurysFind albums by this artist, recorded with her band, an orchestra and a long list of friends. As the title suggests, the album presents ten standards taken from movie soundtracks, sung in English.
The music is all completely mainstream / Smooth Jazz oriented, with lavish orchestral arrangements, backing vocals and guest soloists, a formula which goes back as far as the Swing Era and its orchestras, and follows the American model faithfully.
The arrangements are professional, but lackluster, not daring to innovate and copying countless similar albums released over the last hundred years or so. If not for the Polish accent, the album might have been recorded in the US (well apparently it was in part), which might sound like a compliment, but isn’t really. Why on earth would anyone want to put so much effort into copying and repeating the obvious?
Been there, seen that, done that ...
| | Updated: 13/04/2022Posted: 13/04/2022 | CD 1 Digipak Recommend To A Friend |
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