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Livingston Taylor is now working at lightning speed – Recorded in Franklin Tennessee Last Alaska Moon is a case in point – To mention a few of the expert players who grace this album some of his compatriots here include bassist Leland Sklar drummer Steve Gadd guitarists Vince Gill Chris Rodriguez J.T. Corenflos keyboard ace Shane Keister and the backing vocals of Andrea Zonn.p Produced by Glenn Rosenstein the set includes ten originals Answer My Prayer with Carole Bayer Sager and an utterly reinvented version of Michael Jacksons The Girl Is Mine in duet with nephew Ben Taylor. The title track reflects his polished folk styling just as Everybodys Just Like Me walks the jazz side of adult pop and could have been recorded by Michael Franks with its breezy swing and slippery vocal tags. Elsewhere Henry and Im In A Pickle walk the bluegrass side of the fence the latter with John G. McLanes steel pan drums accompanying Aubrey Hanies fiddle and Dan Dugmores Dobro. Zonns vocal contributions to these tracks (she is on the vast majority of them) cannot be understated. She is equally adept at singing jazz blues country bluegrass and folk…whatever is put in front of her. Zonn adds depth warmth and dimension to Taylors trademark tenor which still uncannily echoes his older brother James.p Taylors skill at writing classic American standard pop is on display here in Answer My Prayer with his voice finding a phrasing that is his own yet evocative of an earlier era in American song. Fans of Taylor will no doubt deeply enjoy this carefully crafted and artistically wrought collection.
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