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Love Is Here to Stay
by Bill Charlap, Sandy Stewart
Product Group: Music
Studio: Blue Note Records
ISBN: B000AV2G7O
EAN: 0724356034020
UPC: 724356034020
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 2005-09-27
Release Date: 2005-09-27
SKU: 07120502
Condition: Like New Good
Comments: Audio CD in like new condition with no scratches. Very nice jewel case with no front insert and like new back insert. awesome mother vocalist and son pianist.
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Customer Reviews
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Bill Charlap and Mom
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-07-01
Bill Charlap is a world class jazz pianist. His mother is a world class cabaret singer. Put them together and you have a world class combo and neither have lost a step. A very good album, indeed.
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Sandy Stewart - great singer you never heard of!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-07-03
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
excellent CD.. Sandy takes me back to those smoky night club singers..
what a treat.. she sings with such heart and pain and fun.. she is so sincere.. and son Bill Charlap.... a master at the piano..
what a dynamic duo! so glad i heard the interview on NPR.. I knew I had to own this CD.. I am wearing it out..
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Quality performances but constantly mellow
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-08-20
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Although Bill Charlap and Sandy Stewart are consummate performers, I must agree with the review of Sharlan Douglas. Both mother and son compliment their artistry so skillfully but the tempo of each selection is ultimately and regretfully the same throughtout the entire album. Neither the superbly intimate phrasing of Sandy Stewart nor the tenderly responsive accompaniment of Bill Charlap sustained the interest of this listener. However, when my choice is limited to a few numbers, the combined talents of both vocalist and pianist are intoxicating as one's stimulating indulgence of a fine and delicate wine.
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Ultimately boring
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-01-14
12 out of 14 customers found this reveiw helpful
I like Sandy Stewart's voice and phrasing -- she tells a good song story. Son Bill Charlap's accompaniment is delicate and spare. But every song has the same, slow tempo, the same vocal level and the same accompaniment. There's nothing uptempo, no crescendos, no drama.
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Copy Control, what a sound spoiler!
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-01-08
6 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
If it wasn't for the sound quality damaged by the copy control ("CC"), this would have been a truly wonderful recording of Bill Charlap accompanying his own mother, who gets really into singing love songs in front of her own beloved son.
Bill's recordings on Blue Note ("BN") label have been disappointing as compared to his much superior works with Venus Records in Japan, and this CD was going to be an exception. Well, almost. It's strange why his performances fluctuate between the two labels, even though he always record in his home town NYC.
The CC technology masks the transparency and spoils the listening pleasure, especially when listened on a higher-end audio system. I wish BN not only abandons the CC but also issue their latest recordings in CD/SACD hybrid format, provided that BN would never repeat what they did for Nora Jones' Come Away With Me SACD.
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