Intersound Records
2004
Heart & Soul
About This Album
The reissue of the soundtrack from Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart in early 2004 reminded listeners of Crystal Gayle's considerable gifts as an interpretive singer in the American standard tradition. While Tom Waits wrote the songs, he scripted them in part to fill a narrative idea by Coppola, and in part for the inimitable voice of Gayle. She topped the crossover charts in the 1970s, and has been largely regarded as a legend rather than a still vital performer despite the fact that she has expanded her vocal and stylistic palette. If there were any justice, this set of Hoagy Carmichael tunes would recast Gayle's reputation from that of a country singer to that of a consummate jazz and pop standards torchbearer. Heart & Soul offers proof in the pudding that Gayle has become one of the truly great American singers. In the grain of her voice lies the entire history of American popular song. This set was recorded in Nashville with a core band, but it also features full string, reed, and brass sections in places -- such as on the elegant "One Morning in May" and on the heartbreakingly lush "Lazy River." Elsewhere, as on "Lazybones" and "Ole Buttermilk Sky," the swing's the thing and is painted in different colors.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,7 and 14)

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