Jazz Articles about Boz Scaggs

Boz Scaggs: The Flynn Center, Burlington, VT June 29, 2010

by Doug Collette
July 17, 2010

Boz ScaggsThe Flynn Center for the Performing ArtsBurlington, VermontJune 29, 2010 Boz Scaggs wasn't wearing a tuxedo June 29th, as he often did at the height of his popularity with Silk Degrees (Columbia, 1976), but much of the music he made at the Flynn sounded just as slick. The likes of “Lido Shuffle" elicited absolutely rapturous response from the audience, which gave the meatier blues portions of the show merely respectful response.

Boz Scaggs: Maybe Not Jazz, But Beautiful

by R.J. DeLuke
October 28, 2003

Boz Scaggs is crooning Duke's “Sophisticated Lady"? Thee Boz Scaggs? The “Lowdown" guy? The creator of the “Lido Shuffle"? Yep. There's only one Boz Scaggs.

Having done blues, R&B, slick pop music and combinations of the three, maybe it was just time, but the latest singer to tackle the repertoire of the American Popular Songbook is none other the Scaggs, with the release earlier this year of But Beautiful. It's a mellow album, and it is done with ...

Boz Scaggs: Standards Volume I: But Beautiful

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 4, 2003

On this collection of genuine pop standards – the Gershwin’s “How Long Has This Been Going On,” Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady,” “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” from Rodgers/Hart, and more – Scaggs saunters through spare, smoky nightclub arrangements in his understated, comfortable voice, supported by a quartet led by pianist Paul Nagel, who also did all the arrangements. Nagel approximates the touch and sound of Ralph Sharon, Tony Bennett’s longtime pianist. The comparison ends there.

Make no mistake, there’s ...