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Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell

Bobby Caldwell in Bloomington, MN

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Bobby Caldwell
is one of only a handful of white vocalists (
Van Morrison
and
Simply Red
's
Mick Hucknall
, to name a couple more) who legitimately transcended the
blue-eyed soul
tag.
Caldwell
's genuine mix of
R&B
jazz
signatures as well as his bittersweet yet buttery vocal tones conjure up images of a smoothed-out version of
Chet Baker
. On this, his breakthrough album, the native New Yorker scored a hit with the timeless
"What You Won't Do for Love"
and also polished off another near-classic on
"My Flame."
While a few of the compositions echo the dying grip of
disco
and some of
's vocal arrangements sound more like a hipper version of
Tony Bennett
(
"Can't Say Goodbye"
), the crooner does possess the pipes to carry the offering.
even tries his hand at the
experimental
on the short but sweet instrumental
"Kalimba Song."
Time will likely render much of
disposable, but at the album's best, the songs do carry a singular sound and contain the power to place themselves in a time period, which may just be good enough for lovers. The cut
will always stack up, as even
hip-hop
producers saw fit to sample the horn riff and bass track a number of times (listen to
2Pac
"Do for Love,"
for one). ~ M.F. DiBella
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