Cleo Laine & Dudley Moore - Smilin' Through (1982) [1992, Reissue]
Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Vocal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 39:09 | 237,88 Mb
Label: RCA Victor/BMG Classics (USA) | Cat.# 09026 61177-2 | Released: 1992-04-14 (1982)
This album is the result of two giant entertainers from the British Isles getting together in London in 1982 for a session of ballads and traditional pop. Dudley Moore was more famous, at least in the United States, for his comedic roles in a number of films. But he was a pianist and composer of no mean skills. Cleo Laine had been a singing talent of the first order since the 1950s and often performed and recorded with husband and sax player John Dankworth. Dankworth is present on one cut on this album. While Moore dashes off some nice solo work on such cuts as "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" and an Erroll Garner-like "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," it's Laine's wide-ranged, full-throated, expressive, and clear-as-a-mountain-lake voice that dominates the session.