| Look of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook | 
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Sales Rank: 33995
Category: Music
Artist: Trijntje Oosterhuis
Publisher: Caroline
Studio: Caroline
Manufacturer: Caroline
Label: Caroline
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 84420
UPC: 094638442028
EAN: 0094638442028
ASIN: B000NOKBHK
Release Date: July 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Do You Know the Way to San Jose? | | • | Look of Love | | • | House Is Not a Home | | • | I Say a Little Prayer | | • | Waiting for Charlie (To Come Home) | | • | I'll Never Fall in Love Again | | • | Falling out of Love | | • | Walk on By | | • | Alfie | | • | Anyone Who Had a Heart | | • | This House Is Empty Now | | • | (They Long to Be) Close to You | | • | Windows of the World | | • | That's What Friends Are For | | • | Anyone Who Had a Heart [Live] - Traincha |
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Album Description
2007 album from the Dutch vocalist, a collaboration with songwriting legend Burt Bacharach. The Look Of Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook is a tribute to Bacharach featuring the man himself on piano. The Look Of Love is her second album for Blue Note, the follow-up to her 2004 double platinum effort Strange Fruit. Blue Note.
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| Customer Reviews:
Just Stellar!! July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a voice, and clean crisp backup and instrumentals to boot. Just a pleasure to listen to. With this one little need be said other than Stellar!
NEW LIFE INTO BACHARACH CLASSICS June 4, 2008
Fans of Linda Eder have been sharing their other favorites back and forth for some time via her website's message board. I am grateful for many who have shared other great artists that could have been missed. One is Ebony Alleyne from the UK, and most recently is this wonderful voice from The Netherlands, Trijntje (Triancha) Oosterhuis.
The MP3 samples do not do justice to give you full appreciation of the material, but it was enough to make me buy the album, as well as the second Burt Bacharach Songbook. After doing the download, I've been playing both collections non-stop. The production is superb on both, as are the orchestrations and arrangements. I love it when new life is given to such classic material, as Burt Bacharach is my favorite composer. I'm glad that later Bacharach work is also covered (God Give Me Strength) besides the earlier material made famous by Dionne Warwick. For many years, Dionne, Dusty Springfield and even a few by Karen Carpenter were the best interpreters vocally of Bacharach-David songs. As the overused phrase is again stated, "The Torch Has Been Passed". With the volume of songs in the catalog, I hope a Trilogy is done, and we can look forward to a Volume 3 from Trijntje of more Bacharach gems.
For Dr. Groove from Laurelton below, I grew up in Rosedale, your next town neighbor.
Iam SO happy with this cd. January 16, 2008
Dionne warwick is one of the finest singers in North America,having said that this young woman from Holland is probably a white reincarnation of Dionne.Her voice is clearly not the same but it sure sounds good and iam enjoying every bit of it..nicely produced with modern orchestration makes this cd a winner and worth its weight in gold.
Trijntje mesmerizes! February 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Of the many talented singers in the Netherlands Trijntje Oosterhuis is by far the brightest star. On Look of Love, Trijntje has once again found a perfect vehicle to showcase her versatile singing talent. Having grown up with the Dionne Warwick versions of Bacharach's songbook I very much anticipated the release of this CD, and was more than pleasantly surprised by Trijntjes sublime renditions of these timeless songs. Every song is right on the money, and the orchestration is superb: these songs seem made for her torchy voice. In particular, the song Alfie is sung perfectly, which is no easy feat given that it has been covered by many artists, and first Warwick and now Trijntje are the only two who were ever able to get it right. Bravo! Other standouts include This House is Empty Now, A House is Not a Home, and Waiting for Charlie to Come Home. During the Christmas holidays Dutch television broadcasted an intimate, live performance of Trijntje singing Bacharach's songbook and as always, she was nothing less than magnificent! Hopefully, Trijntjes contract with Blue Note will expose her to a broader audience and help her to achieve the success she so rightly deserves outside of the Netherlands. For us she has long been a national treasure.
Hidden Treasure from the Netherlands December 31, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Jazz Harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans was correct
when he said that Trijntje (Train-cha) Oosterhuis
deserves wider recognition in the United States.
Her Soul And Jazz inflected vocals belie her
Amsterdam birth. She sings her heart out with the
best of the USA's Soul and Jazz vocalists of the last
forty plus years.
This album of Burt Bacharach songs is a perfect vehicle
for this young chanteuse. It also resurrects a musical
tradition that faded after the 1960s, namely an album
dedicated to showcasing the songs of a timeless popular
composer. Bacharach's compositions could not be in better
hands here. Her earnest and earthy sound perfectly suit
"A House is Not a Home," "Falling Out of Love," "Anyone
Who Had a Heart," and "Alfie."
With lush orchestrations by the venerable Patrick Williams
and Vince Mendoza's near perfect conducting of the Metropole
Orchestra, Oosterhuis shines as easily as the young Dionne
Warwick did when she became the voice of Bacharach. Best
surprise here is her Soul-drenched version of the Etta James
hit "Waiting for Charlie to Come Home," with Bacharach
accompanying on piano. A young vocalist who has done her
homework, Trijntje Oosterhuis is a talent worth the added
cost of ordering from overseas.
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