WILLIS MOORE: So Far

Willis Moore

So Far

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Billboard Magazine says "Grab a Copy of So Far." Features tunes by Harold Arlen, Michel LeGrand, Johnny Mandel, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Tom Waits, and Producer/Arranger Rick Jensen.

tracks

1 So Far
2 Pajamas
3 Child In Me Again
4 If I Only Had a Brain
5 I Am Your Child
6 My Baby and Me
7 Amanda Sang
8 Martha
9 Broken Bicycles
10 It Goes Like It Goes
11 Something Good/On My Way To You
12 Unless It's You

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Willis Moore's debut CD So Far is an openhearthed musical experience featuring only a voice and a piano - like an intimate secret whispered softly in your ear.

So Far pairs Willis' trademark intimate vocals with the arrangements and piano performance of MAC, GLAMA, and Bistro Award Winner Rick Jensen. The album includes tunes by Harold Arlen, Michel LeGrand, Johnny Mandel, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Tom Waits, and Producer/Arranger Rick Jensen.

"If you've seen him, you're going to have to see him again and again. He delivers songs with a finesse that's on par with the likes of Michael Crawford. If you enjoy a sweet, sentimental tune, grab a copy of So Far - and then keep an eye on Moore's tour schedule." - Billboard

"In concert or on disc, you're certain to take to this talented teddy bear, whose vocalizing comes straight from the heart." - Bay Area Reporter

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  • My Baby and Me
    author: David May

    I bought this CD just to get *My Baby and Me.* It was well worth it, but the other songs are worth a listen, too. *Amanda Sang* is partiucarly moving, beautifully performed in that well-tempered cabaret style that we hear too little nowadays. *Pajamas* is, likewise, beautifully sung, and entertaining as it is sweet. My fave is still *My Baby and Me*, tho, since any song that twisted and performed in such a sweet, gentle voice is as amusing as it is dirty.

  • A Tenor Voice For All Seasons
    author: Michael Shayne

    One of the most difficult things as singer has to do is make each song he (or she) sings different and fresh. If a song is over familar to the listen one might tend to tune out until the next track. Willis Moore succeeds with the more familar songs to me like So Far, If I Had a Brain, Amanda Sang, & It Goes Like It Goes. With the songs like Pajamas, Broken Bicycles, and Martha which I heard for the first time made me want to go back and listen to them again right. A very enjoyable listen. Just one little quibble. Richard Rodgers wrote the music and lyrics to Something Good. I especially liked it paired with On My Way To. Something Good perhaps is one of the least recorded of his songs and it is always a pleasure to hear this song in a fresh interpretation.

  • Loved this tenor
    author: Paul Budrow

    What a wonderful voice. Didn't know most of these songs but Mr. Moore brings them to life. Between his voice and a cyrstal clear piano, I just want to curl up with my blanket and enjoy the pure sound.

  • like the proverbial "apple a day"
    author: mhw

    i can't write anything technical and profound like those reviews above, but i think it's enough to say that Mr Moore's rendition of "if i only had a brain" is the only song i've come across to have the power of pulling me upwards from a depression, without driving me crazy with irritation when played back in repeat mode. in fact, it is so good that i haven't even tried listening to the other tracks on the CD, yet.

  • Grab a copy of So Far.
    author: Billboard, August 11, 2001

    SOULFUL CROONING: Cabaret has a bad rap - and not without good reason. The genre has been marred in recent years by cloying performers who give weight the the classic Saturday Night Live parody created by Bill Murray. To that end, it's a delight to encounter such a cabaret artist as Willis Moore, who so nicely captures the innately theatrical tone of the genre - while also dodging the camp potholes and injecting a bit of jazz and pop flavor into the mix. The performer is currently playing gigs in support of his new CD, So Far, a collection of simple yet affecting pop-voice tunes. Committed to the preservation of cabaret as an art form, Moore's shows are straightforward - a wholly accessible combination of empathetic storytelling, pop standards, and solid original tunes. A transplant from North Carolina by way of New York, he is currently based in San Francisco, where he has become a fixture in such venues as the legendary Plush Room. Folks on the East Coast will recall his gigs at Eighty-Eight's and at Odette's in nearby New Hope, Pa. If you've seen him, you're going to have to see him again and again. He delivers songs with a finesse that's on par with the likes of Michael Crawford. If you enjoy a sweet, sentimental tune, grab a copy of So Far - and then keep an eye on Moore's tour schedule. - Larry Flick, Billboard, August 11, 2001

  • A Life So Far
    author: Bay Area Reporter

    Willis' goal for the album, he writes, was "to create an openhearthed musical experience using only a voice and a piano - like an intimate secret whispered softly in your ear." Succeed he does, with an album sweet and simple, and easy to listen to repeatedly. A carefully chosen if eclectic collection of 12 songs celebrates childhood, romance, and the importance of accepting life's ups and downs. Consider the lilting "It Goes Like It Goes," and the bittersweet "Broken Bicycles" and "Martha," a pair of poignant tunes by Tom Waits. A refreshing rendition of "If I Only Had A Brain," the playful "Pajamas," Annie Dinerman's "Child In Me Again" and an appreciative "I Am Your Child" coalesce into a memory trip back to our youth. Moore wraps his smooth deep voice caressingly around Rodgers and Hammerstein's "So Far" and a medley of "Something Good" and "On My Way To You" by Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand. Rick Jensen, who supplied the effectively simple arrangements and accompanies Moore on the album is represented by "Amanda Sang" and "My Baby and Me," a charmingly risque reminder of the joys of submission. In concert or on disc, you're certain to take to this talented teddy bear, whose vocalizing comes straight from the heart.

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