Whoah! Where have I been? I didn't know Phil Collins sang Soul Jazz! I loved the Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Woody Herman versions of this old tune. Collins does a great updated arrangement!
This just shows the Genius of Quincy Jones. To take the gifts of someone extraordinary like Phil Collins and put him in a completely different genre like an old R&B standard and have him sound incredible. Im not taking anything away from Phil. I love his voice and already by himself, Phil Collins Has got Soul! It just needed Q to put it all together :)
Phil Collins should do nothing but this kind of music. I didn’t even know who was singing when I had the Jook Joint CD. I couldn’t believe how fantastic this was and found out it was Phil Collins and was shocked. Best thing he’s EVER DONE. Wore that CD Out.
I was looking at Quincy's Album Juke Joint and heard this on it. I was surprised that Phil was on it but instantly liked it so. I love all those horns going in this song. Nice groove.
YESSSSSS!!!! YES!!! nothing moves the soul like strong horns and and percussions!!! Phil Collins PHIL COLLINS!!! What more can I say!! He is amazing!!!!! I miss his voice!!!
Collins does a nice job but the real artistry here are those wonderful players and Quincy Jones' extraordinary arrangement of this marvelous Ellington/Strayhorn tune. The changes Jones created are magnificent so I'd like to lobby for priorities if I may. Hundreds of vocalists could have sung this well but Q's arrangement of this brilliantly composed tune is where the real magic manifests. And certainly Collins was very wise to hire Quincy so more power to him.
I'll be honest i don't particularly like Phil Collins but how can you not like this wow this is awesome just the band alone make it! Thanks for posting.
This track once i played to a lady who sadi her boy friends like very much Phil Collins. I played for her almost 5 minutes and she just guesed but not sure, is thi Phil Collins? When i said yes she was like WOW!!!!!
No, this arrangement was first recorded for Q's 1995 album "Jook Joint". On a different note, has nobody noticed how the trumpet is spectacularly out of tune in the first bit?
The song does have a message yeah, a message about a guy who regularly cheats on his wife/partner and expects her to wait around while he's cheating because he's never going to tell her the truth lol.
oh yes.. my mistake. Typo.. It is a JAZZ standard originally by Duke Ellington. Quincy arranged it .. and made it R & B for Phil. Phil totally did it Justice. :)
I love this song! Who on earth was trying to compare Quincy Jones to Kanye West? Only real producers can write music for a Jazz Orchestra for sure! Music today, especially the "Auto Tune" music that young people are dancing to a lot hardly makes sense to me in terms of true enjoyment.
He forgot some words in the 2nd verse, but overall Phil Collins did okay here. Quincy's arranngement was "of its time". A little too "funkified" for my taste, but okay. I suspect that the "worst version ever" to quote Pink Creams (and the comic book guy in the Simpsons) is being sung at a Holiday Inn somewhere. Peace
Surprisingly, he nails this melody line which is a bit tricky. Good job. Could do with a bit less orchestration, the beauty of this song is it's simplicity for me. Still other than the refrain, it's not one to go humming in the bath tub, you know ~
A great rendition - what in French would be called "une grande reference" of a great jazz (not R&B) standard. Really puts Phil up there as a very good jazz singer . Quincy's orchestration's a thing of beauty but that's not him conducting, is it ? If you want a great female version of this song, try Ella's (slow) or Karrin Allyson's (fast, almost uptempo).
+robin s It won't play for me at the moment, but I would guess it is probably Gerald Albright. He has some good gigs with phil. "Take a look at me now" is a good one.
Worst version ever! this song goes best with the big band jazz era. you dont incorporate contemporary jazz instrumentals into the master piece ! Duke Ellington would turn in his grave if he hears this!
+Pink Creams So in other words, Duke Ellington would have been made at Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones and a few other musical geniuses for taking his work and STILL KEEPING IT RELEVANT instead of in mothballs! STFU Because you don't know jackshyte about Duke Ellington! Quincy Jones created another GREAT CD!!
+Pink Creams The sign of a truly great composition is it's ability to cross generations & styles both forward and back .. Bravo to Quincy for this arrangement of 20 years ago of a composition from 75 years ago. Whether any one listener considers this to be the worst or the best version is totally irrelevant. The words & the notes tell the story. As Duke would say; "and now you know what jazz is."
