Speak Low

Jazz · 2008 · 12 tracks · 52m

Speak Low

A masterfully hushed collection of jazz standards. Scaggs trades his blue-eyed soul grooves for a smoky, late-night quartet sound that feels like a private performance.

It's Boz Scaggs in a tuxedo, singing jazz standards in a basement club where the drinks are stiff and the lights are low.

A sophisticated and deeply intimate exploration of longing and late-night reflection.

Speak Low · vs · Boz Scaggs

Contemplative+1.6σ

Contemplative saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 52m

01

Invitation

5:28

02

She Was Too Good to Me

3:53

03

I Wish I Knew

5:25

04

Speak Low

3:44

05

Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

4:04

06

I'll Remember April

4:03

07

Save Your Love for Me

5:15

08

Ballad of the Sad Young Men

5:35

09

Skylark

4:02

10

Senza Fine

3:29

11

Dindi

3:52

12

This Time the Dream's on Me

3:42

Moments Worth Waiting For

The way the upright bass anchors the title track with a woody, resonant thrum that feels physically present.

The breathy, almost spoken-word intimacy of the opening lines in She Was Too Good to Me.

The transition into the bossa nova lilt of Dindi that shifts the album's gravity toward a tropical warmth.

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