This brief
Verve
sampler is all over the map, but what it doesn't contain is any really deep
jazz
tracks, sticking mostly to
pop
-
vocal material, which is fine, but don't expect to get taken too deeply into the well. Highlights include
Jimmy Smith
's
"Strut"
(with a vocal from
Taj Mahal
),
Diana Krall
's smoothed out and uptown version of
"Crazy"
and
Aaron Neville
's sedate take on
"Cry Me a River."
~ Steve Leggett