Reflections of Rosemary

1	Blue Skies 3:52
2	I'll Be Home 3:15
3	The Best Is Yet to Come 2:49
4	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 4:29
5	Mood Indigo 4:31
6	It Might as Well Be Spring 4:30
7	Van Heusen Medley: But Beautiful/Moonlight Becomes You/Like Someone in 5:33
8	You're Gonna Hear from Me 3:07
9	It Never Entered My Mind/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 5:35
10	I've Grown Accustomed to His Face 4:06
11	Time After Time 3:13
12	The Music That Makes Me Dance 4:02
13	You Are There 3:27
14	[Untitled Hidden Track] 0:48

Barnes & Noble

The Debby Boone of the 1977 smash “You Light Up My Life” is simply a different creature from the assured, jazz-inflected vocalist who shines throughout this heartfelt tribute to the legendary Rosemary Clooney. Family ties -- Boone is married to Clooney’s son Gabriel -- reveal themselves in both the easygoing swing that Boone has obviously gleaned from study of her mother-in-law’s work and the obvious affection that wells from this labor of love. Surrounding herself with superlative musicians associated with Clooney, including arranger John Oddo and saxophonist Scott Hamilton, Boone takes on such signature Clooney tunes as “Time After Time,” “It Might as Well Be Spring,” and “You’re Gonna Hear from Me.” While never aping Clooney’s inimitable style, Boone is able to evoke Clooney’s special gifts as a hit-making singer who could nonetheless swing with the best of them. The result is a quality tribute, one that can be enjoyed for its own contemporary charms, while also adding a new appreciation of the artist being celebrated. And be sure to catch the “hidden” track featuring Clooney herself on a solo demo version of “Blue Skies” -- a classy coda to a classy project. William Pearl

All Music Guide

For those with long memories, Debby Boone's name will be synonymous with the monster '70s hit "You Light Up My Life." Reflections of Rosemary, however, represents a different Boone, someone who's lived a second life on Broadway in productions of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and The Sound of Music. In a broader sense, Boone's bid as a jazz singer makes perfect sense in the wake of Diana Krall and Norah Jones. Boone even offers a version of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," a song that reminds one of Jones' take on "Cold, Cold Heart" on Come Away With Me. If all three singers seem something of a throwback to say, Rosemary Clooney, then that's just fine with contemporary listeners. Reflections of Rosemary is well sung and tasteful, and should quickly find its place on mainstream jazz's heavy rotation play lists. The accompaniment is light on songs like "Blue Skies" and "I'll Be Home," allowing Boone's voice to take center stage. On "Mood Indigo," however, she's joined on the chorus by her three sisters for some stunning, Manhattan Transfer-style harmony, and "You're Gonna Hear from Me" is backed by a big band. Boone also borrows a couple of Clooney favorites from Frank Sinatra, "It Never Entered My Mind/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," and Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn's "Time After Time." Reflections of Rosemary lives up to its title by offering a quietly reflective group of songs recalling a great jazz voice. Ronnie D. Lankford Jr.