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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Verve
Salesrank: 108815
Released: August 26, 2003 |
| Our Price: $7.50 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Nature Boy: The Standards Album Track Listing:
1. Summertime
2. Blame It on My Youth
3. Very Thought of You - Aaron Neville, Linda Ronstadt
4. Shadow of Your Smile
5. Cry Me a River
6. Nature Boy
7. Who Will Buy?
8. Come Rain or Come Shine
9. Love Is Here to Stay
10. In the Still of the Night
11. Since I Fell for You
12. Danny Boy
Editorial Review:
Four-time Grammy-winner Aaron Neville lends his iconic voice to this collection of standards from the American Song Book, including \Summertime
Description of Nature Boy: The Standards Album:
New Orleans crooner Aaron Neville is known for many things: he first scored an R&B hit with "Tell it Like it Is" in the '60s; his duets with Linda Ronstadt have exposed him to wider audiences; and he sings with his siblings in the Neville Brothers. Produced and arranged by keyboardist Rob Mounsey, the material is culled from a variety of pop and jazz standards. With a rhythm section consisting of bassist Ron Carter, drummer Grady Tate, and guitarist Anthony Wilson, Neville puts his Crescent City charm on old favorites such as "Danny Boy" with guitarist Ry Cooder; "Since I Fell For You" with his saxophonist brother, Charles Neville; and a silken rendition of "Cry Me a River" with tenor sax titan Michael Brecker. Ms. Ronstadt guest stars on "Blame It on My Youth," with Roy Hargrove providing the creamy Clifford Brown-tones. Even as he sings Gershwin's "Summertime" as a reggae number, Aaron Neville's vivid voice echoes the eternal tones of the late Benny Carter's vibrato-rich alto sax sound. One question: Why wasn't this done before? --Eugene Holley, Jr.
Nature Boy: The Standards Album Reviews:
It is not one of his best albums. 
2009-04-11 - Aaron Neville has a beautiful and unique voice. I have enjoyed several of his albums, such as Warm Your Heart, Grand Tour, Tattooed Heart, Devotion, Soulful Christmas, and some others with his brothers. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy his renditions of "The Great American Songbook" songs included in this CD. Perhaps, the Jazz tempo and the mood in which he sings these songs were too different and slow for me. These beautiful songs are usually interpreted with a faster tempo by many singers.
If you love the soul and R&B style of Aaron Neville, I recommend you to preview this album before you buy it since you may not like the style he uses in this particular album. If you are not very familiar with Aaron Neville, I recommend Grand Tour, Tattooed Heart, and Devotion instead of this album.
Great 
2007-11-18 - I just love Aaron Neville, so any CD of his I will like. This CD is a great standards music in Aaron's music style. Nice smooth music.
Get it - trust me! 
2004-10-03 - I don't know who in the world would not give this a 5 star rating! This is a CD that you can play from start to finish without skipping past any track. "The Shadow Of Your Smile" is smooth and superb. Each song a jewel. Sleep enducing? I think not! Dream inspiring perhaps. Worth every red cent I paid for it. As for the reviewer's 10 year old daughter who commented "I love this music": Right on sister!
Good Album
2004-06-07 - This is a great album! It shows Aaron Neville at his best with his ultra unique sound. He makes the jazz standards that he sings magical. He is a great artist. I highly recommend this album. 4 stars.
I must be the minority...
2004-03-17 - First off, Aaron Neville has a beautiful voice, so he gets points for having such a unique voice.
However, I found nearly all of this album "Nature Boy" to be way too slow. This is almost sleep-inducing music.
I've heard a lot of these standards before and they are not usually done this slow. So I would be listening to a familiar song, waiting for it to pick up anytime now, but it never did.
+'s Neville's voice, the selection of familiar songs, Roy Hargrove sounds great as a guest on trumpet/flugelhorn
-'s The whole pace of the album. Just generally too s-l-o-w.
Overall, I'll have to disagree with the majority and say this one's not worth the money.
