Rhino / Wea
2007
Some Enchanted Evening
About This Album
There is a strangeness that is nearly otherworldly in hearing Art Garfunkel -- half of one of the most enduring duo's in rock's history books -- singing pop standards. Garfunkel was primarily a harmony vocalist in his duo with Paul Simon, but it was that voice that added authority and excitement to their recordings. His own solo records have been less successful, perhaps because he was a never a songwriter per se, though he has written. On 2002's Everything Waits to Be Noticed, he worked with Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock and the result was deeply satisfying. Some Enchanted Evening's material is most appealing because it is so well known and has been interpreted by some of the greatest singers in history -- Sinatra, Bennett, Washington, Fitzgerald, Vaughan, just to name a few -- and it's also the most treacherous. Let's face it, Rod Stewart's multi-volume Great American Songbook series sold well, but it was a critical and musical disaster because he has no idea how to phrase these songs: he sounded like a rock vocalist trying to swing (and he didn't pull it off at all.) Here, Garfunkel claims in a liner comment that he is "under the sway of two magnificent singers: Chet Baker and Johnny Mathis.
Track List (try tracks 5,6,10 and 12)

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