BOZ SCAGGS REVISITS STANDARDS THIS FALL WITH ‘SPEAK LOW’ (DECCA)
“His sparse vocal style fits smoothly into an engaging jazz setting.”
-Don Heckman, Los Angles Times
“Scaggs’s husky tenor-baritone is perfect for conveying late-night loneliness, and he showcases it well.”
-Steve Greenlee, The Boston Globe
This fall, Decca will release renowned musician Boz
Scaggs’ ‘Speak Low,’ the silken-voiced singer’s newest collection of
standards and first studio album in five years, available on vinyl
September 30 and in all other forms October 28. Co-produced with GRAMMY
award-winning producer/arranger Gil Goldstein, Scaggs interprets
Ellington, Mercer, Rodgers & Hart, and other classic writers and
composers. In addition to Goldstein on piano/keyboards, the line up
includes Alex Acuña (drums), Bob Sheppard (woodwinds), and Scott Colley
(bass).
Scaggs began his distinguished career as a teenager and over a dozen
records later, when Scaggs released ‘But Beautiful,’ the critical and
fan response was tremendous, and the album debuted at #1 on the
Billboard Jazz charts. The Boston Globe hailed that Scaggs had “made one of the year’s best albums of jazz vocals” (6/28/03), while Jazz Times noted that the release marked “an enticing new chapter in an already dynamic career” (September 2003).
Scaggs once told the LA Times (6/12/03), “I’m
going to be around this music for awhile. I love its melodic and
harmonic qualities, and it’s going to impact what I sing and what I
write. The door’s been opened.”
