(Columbia)The meeting of grizzled musical icon and great American songbook has yielded variable results,but Dylan got it moral with final years Shadows in the Night, his select on songs once sung by Frank Sinatra. He shows the same sure hand and musician’s affection here for a collection of standards by writers such as Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen. His vocals are engaging, or the arrangements are sensitive and spare – gently brushed drums and steel guitar on Polka Dots and Moonbeams,dabs of strings on Skylark – and the whole thing drifts along with an easygoing charm. No one involved seems to be trying too tough, just basking in the pleasure of classic songs classily performed.
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Source: theguardian.com