One More for the Road

1	Come Rain or Come Shine / Lizz Wright 4:41
2	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Madeleine Peyroux 2:40
3	Last Night When We Were Young / Silje Nergaard 5:14
4	Ill Wind 3:55
5	One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Jamie Cullum 5:09
6	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues / Beth Hart 3:05
7	I Wonder What Became of Me / Trijntje Oosterhuis 4:04
8	That Old Black Magic 4:18
9	This Time the Dream's on Me 4:47
10	Stormy Weather 5:33
11	It's Only a Paper Moon 3:46
12	Over the Rainbow Bonus Track 5:49

All Music Guide

These sessions by harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans are a mixed bag of vocal and instrumental interpretations of works by Harold Arlen. Unfortunately, the project comes across as more of a crossover date, featuring several vocalists who will be of little interest to many jazz fans, while conductor Jurre Haanstra's orchestrations are rather bland and sometimes a bit syrupy. Thielemans' own solos tend to be fairly short, while his regular pianist, Kenny Werner (switching to Fender Rhodes on a few tracks), isn't utilized enough as a soloist. The best selections include "This Time the Dream's on Me," which features Till Brönner on both trumpet and vocals in a warm and unpretentious setting, a campy treatment of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" by Madeleine Peyroux, along with Trijntje Oosterhuis' warm rendition of the nearly forgotten "I Wonder What Became of Me." But several tracks don't make the cut, including Jamie Cullum's pop-infused "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)," Beth Hart's dreadful "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues," and urban contemporary singer Oleta Adams' lackluster version of "Stormy Weather." This CD falls short of being an essential Toots Thielemans release. Ken Dryden

Hartford Courant

With its quick changing cast, the CD risks turning into a novelty act. But Thielemans' mastery and the overall quality of his vocalists carry the day. Owen McNally