Bobby Caldwell Croons - Big Band Hits & Standards (2012)

Contemporary jazz singer/guitarist Bobby Caldwell was born August 15, 1951, in Manhattan, NY; his parents, Bob and Carolyn, were the hosts of the television variety show Suppertime and exposed the child to a wide variety of musical influences. Caldwell began studying piano and guitar at age 12; he initially pursued a career in rock & roll but was equally adept at playing jazz and R&B and at 17 took his band on the road to play the Las Vegas circuit. From there the group moved on to Los Angeles, but despite recording an album titled Kathmandu, Caldwell enjoyed little success and eventually returned to his parents home in Miami. There he began work on his 1978 breakthrough album What You Won't Do for Love, scoring a hit single with the title cut. Efforts including a 1979 self-titled LP, The Cat in the Hat, and Carry On followed, and although Caldwell enjoyed a strong following at home, he became a superstar in Japan. He shifted creative gears with 1996's Blue Condition, a collection of big band-era standards; the similarly themed Come Rain or Come Shine followed three years later.

Tracklist:

01. (Love Is) the Tender Trap
02. Beyond the Sea
03. I've Got the World On a String
04. Girl I Dream About
05. All Of Me
06. Day In Day Out
07. Old Devil Moon
08. I Get A Kick Out Of You
09. Only the Lonely
10. April Moon
11. Best Is Yet To Come
12. Stuck on You
13. Come Rain Or Come Shine
14. Tomorrow
15. Luck Be A Lady
16. (I've Got You) Under My Skin
17. Oh (You've Got It Made)
18. Young at Heart
19. Smile
20. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry