Nine years ago, pianist / singer Shirley Horn and arranger Johnny Mandel joined forces to create the album Here's To Life. The result was a big hit: the best-selling jazz album of 1992. It also earned Mandel a Grammy for the best arrangement. On You're My Thrill Horn and Mandel pick up the thread again. Again the elegant stylish midnight atmosphere, evoked by the refined, violin-laced ballads. The
… difference lies in the five relatively short swinging songs that Shirley alternately plays with her own trio. They also make for a more balanced album and avert the danger of being slowly lulled to sleep by the hypnotic orchestrations of Mandel and the pauses in breathing and the carefully selected silences that Shirley introduces in the ballads. (RM) _more
