You have to like it, the violin-saturated sound of jazz and pop songs. If you're bothered, better keep your fingers off downloading Michael Bublé's latest album. True Bublé fans, and there are quite a few of them, however are unlikely to bother with the pinkish sauce, which is lavishly administered here, since there is no similar insinuating velvety voice since Frank Sinatra as that of the Canadian of Croatian and Italian origin, who in the meantime also has the Italian citizenship and whose most prominent album is his album "Christmas" with Christmas cuddly songs. He started his career as a singer at the tender age of seventeen with jazz standards. That was in 1992. His career breakthrough was his version of Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife" in 2000. Three years later, the first album was published, followed by nine others to date. Swing and jazz titles dominated his career in the early years, until he finally included increasingly pop songs in his programs. Four Grammys graced besides other awards his career path, which also includes trips to the film world. Only very seldom do these brilliant careers go off without a setback, which Michael Bublé suffered in 2016, when it became known that his little son Noah was afflicted by cancer. Doubts about the meaning of life and career were the result, until it turned out that the disease of the beloved child could be mastered.

Pop songs are also found on the new album Love, particularly those from the forties and fifties. Accompanying musicians include such prominent professionals as Peter Erskine, ex-drummer of Weather Report, singer/songwriter Diana Krall, bassist Ben Wolfe and the singer’s favorite pianist Alang Chang. In the duet with Michael Bublé you can hear on Love Cécile McLorin Salvant in the song "La Vie en Rose" and the partner in "Help Me Make It Through the Night" is Loren Allred. Also new pop songs are the subject of Love, such as "Love You Anymore ", a collaboration with Charlie Puth. In" Forever Now ", Michael Bublé talks about the worldly wisdom that he was allowed to experience as a father: "You know as well as anybody how tough this life can be. But you've got so much strength inside you. A strength I pray you'll never need.” In the Deluxe Edition Michael Bublé bows to Frank Sinatra's way to sing the blues in the bonus song "I Get a Kick Out of You," and in "Unforgettable," he pays his respects to Nat King.

With the album Love Michael Bublé provides his fan community with another proof of his high vocal skills, which are unrivaled among jazz and pop singers of our time. The worn-out term "beautiful" meets his voice unrestricted, which he knows how to use with great skill and taste, without ever running the risk of delivering soullessly empty beautiful sounds. If easy listening shall be accepted, then please on the vocal level of a Michael Bublé. So even an overhang of violin sounds can be appreciated.

Michael Bublé, vocals