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The Kander and Ebb Album | 
 enlarge | Artist: Brent Barrett
Label: Varese Sarabande
Category: Music
New (6) Used (7) Collectible (2) from $3.77
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 188797
Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 030206604429
EAN: 0030206604429
ASIN: B00000JMKN
Release Date: July 13, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Second Chance (Steel Pier) | | • | Sometimes a Day Goes by (Woman of the Year) | | • | Life Is | | • | Seeing Things (The Happy Time) | | • | All That Jazz (Chicago) | | • | All I Care About (Chicago) | | • | No, My Heart (Hay Fever) | | • | Wet (Steel Pier) | | • | Isn't This Better | | • | Give Me Love | | • | Why Should I Wake up ? (Cabaret) | | • | Married/Marry Me/Cabaret/The Rink | | • | The Skin of Your Teeth (Over and Over) | | • | A Quiet Thing |
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Varese Sarabande continues its valuable Spotlight series, allowing Broadway veterans to record solo albums covering the catalogs of musical theater's best songwriters. The oeuvre of Kander and Ebb is given to Brent Barrett, and it's a good match considering his role as Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago. (His resume also includes studio recordings and the Maltby and Shire revue Closer Than Ever.) You won't find "New York, New York" or "Wilkommen" here, but you will get a tasty blend of songs ranging from brassy swing to gorgeous ballads to crooners, all rendered in Barrett's versatile tenor--which at its sweetest brings to mind a less affected Mandy Patinkin. Chicago is represented by one song Barrett sings every night, "All I Care About," and one he doesn't, "All That Jazz." Ally McBeal's Jane Krakowski is on hand for "Wet" from Steel Pier, while Chicago costar Ruthie Henshall joins Barrett for "Why Should I Wake Up," a lovely duet cut from the Broadway revivals of Cabaret. John Kander himself accompanies on piano for "A Quiet Thing," from Flora, the Red Menace. A very nice album, from beginning to end. --David Horiuchi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 racehorse behind a plow December 30, 2007
Brent has it all. A tremendous voice and charisma that could put a spin on any tune. In short, Broadway brilliance. Unfortunately, this collection holds him back at nearly every turn. Chicago never sounded so dull. Wet from Steel Pier is tres, tres polite--no thanks. Even when he is allowed to turn it on, this recording buries him under the orchestration (why mix it like he's 75 with a failing voice that needs to be camouflaged?) Why not showcase a true star? It's like putting the Mona Lisa on display behind thick shower glass. Misguided. Only a few songs let you see what this album could have been: Isn't this Better; Why Should I Wake Up (duet); Married; The Skin of our Teeth. Take the best and put it in a compilation. Regret the rest.
 Bang It Out Brett November 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Take one Giant Voice, add lots of Kander & Ebb and you've got a runaway train hit with tracks done by Brett Barrett better than even Barbra in Funny Lady when he sings Isn't This Better. It takes a real man to sing a Barbra song. All That Jazz is the sexiest and smoothest rendition I've ever heard. When Brett begins with Second Chance you know Brett's Cd is going to be listened to a 2nd time and on and on. Brett's CD is either playing on my ipod or in my Bose ipod speaker system filling me with bravado, ballads and beauty. Also see him in the DVD of Kiss Me Kate which I play nightly opposite that magnificent Rachel York. Kiss Me Kate (Broadway Revival - PBS Great Performances) Just caught him in Las Vegas as Phantom--WOW! Hit the 'Buy Now" key and enjoy Brett's CD and then go for the DVD. You'll be one happy Broadway fan.
Also listen to him on the Bose Ipod systemBose SoundDock digital music system for iPod (Black)
 Not That Jazz! October 27, 2001
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a very good CD of Broadway music. I was never a fan of Kander's and Ebb's music; but after listening to this CD, I've had a change of heart. Brent Barrett's wonderful voice makes the songs on this CD sound really good. The exception is "All That Jazz". I don't think this song will ever sound good when sung by a man. At least not the way it is sung here by Brent Barrett. He really drags it down. My most favorite songs on this CD are the three ballads: "Sometimes A Day Goes By", "Seeing Things" and "A Quiet Thing". They are among the best Broadway songs I've heard (and I've heard many). These three songs may move you to tears, especially the way they are sung here, if you have a tender heart.
 the orchestrations are dragging it down December 20, 2000
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love the music of Kander and Ebb, and I really enjoy Brent Barrett as a performer. However many of the orchestrations on this album, most memorably All That Jazz, really drag this recording down.
A composer, a lyricist, and a voice October 3, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Brent Barrett has been a favorite of mine since I happened upon the recording of Maltby and Shire's revue, Closer than Ever. Unfortunately, he never seemed to show up on an original cast album. Luckily for me, I found him on the original recordings of Grand Hotel and the late 90s revival of Candide. Luckily for us all, Varese Sarabande chose to spotlight his wonderful voice on a solo album devoted to one of the greatest songwriting teams in musical history, John Kander and Fred Ebb. Brent Barrett has an amazingly expressive and pretty rangy voice. He puts it to good use as well, singing songs that many people might not have heard. Numbers from the Happy Time and Zorba are most welcome alongside more well-known numbers from Chicago and Cabaret. We're fortunate that three amazing talents all came together on one CD devoted to showcasing them all.
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