★★★★★
Vintage vocalist Jack Jones obviously has been observing Tony Bennett and listening to Frank Sinatra. Therefore this Jack-attack has nothing to do with his often-maligned Love Boat persona. Jones knows how to take a good, strong chart and deliver it unplugged with straight-ahead swingability. Jones leaves no genre unsung as he takes on Sting's "Every Breath You Take," The Beatles' "She's Leaving Home," Keb' Mo's "Dangerous Mood" and Bryan Adams' "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-26
★★★★★
Singer Jack Jones doesn't sound like Tony Bennett, but it's uncanny how much he phrases like his elder idol on this tribute album of 14 ballads. It's obviously a challenge (or totally insane) for any male crooner to attempt to match Bennett's delivery on songs he "owns" such as "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," "Fly Me to the Moon," "You Must Believe in Spring," and "The Good Life...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
This early Jack Jones album seems to sit on the fence, stylistically speaking. Jones mostly stuck with Frank Sinatra-style vocal music, but at this point he sounds so much like Bobby Rydell it isn't hard to imagine him crossing over to rock & roll if his success there were assured...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
For his second seasonal collection, recorded in 1969 (following 1964's The Jack Jones Christmas Album), Jack Jones took a more eclectic, contemporary approach, including spiritual (if not specifically holiday) songs like the socially conscious "Some Children See Him" (which posited a multi-racial Christ child) and the recent Edwin Hawkins Singers hit "Oh Happy Day." "Little Altar Boy" was also given a gospel arrangement, while "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was rendered a cappella with chorus...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
There's Love and There's Love and There's Love teams Jack Jones with the immortal arranger Nelson Riddle for a dizzyingly romantic collection of ballads as light and gentle as a summer rain...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Jack Jones had stopped appearing on the LP charts by the time he appeared at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in June 1970, but even before then he was primarily a live performer, which makes this a notable release for him...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
At 49, Jack Jones continued to try to make records that balanced the classic pop he had begun singing in the early 1960s with the contemporary pop/rock that had swamped him soon thereafter. This independent-label release managed a good mix of standards like "You've Changed" and "Here's That Rainy Day" and recent, complementary material such as Steve Perry's "Foolish Heart" and Billy Joel's "Leave a Tender Moment Alone...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
A beautiful and deeply felt tribute to the legendary French chanson Charles Aznavour, Write Me a Love Song, Charlie captures Jack Jones at the nadir of his fame and the zenith of his talent, eschewing glitz and glamour to create the most mature and focused album of his career...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Where Love Has Gone beautifully distills the essence of Jack Jones. A subtle, focused record that draws on jazz and pop elements but steadfastly avoids genre pigeonholing, it's first and foremost a collection of romantic standards re-imagined in ways that stay true to their writers' intent yet reveal new gradations of meaning in their familiar lyrics. Collaborating with arrangers Pete King and Harry Betts, Jones eschews drama and gimmicks, letting his heartfelt vocals speak for themselves...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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