Nature Boy: The Standards Album

"The smooth devil from the legendary Neville Brothers has finally got around to the latest craze of performing American standards - and like those before him (Boz Scaggs, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rod Stewart to name a few) he does them justice. "Summertime", Cry Me River", Nature Boy", "Come Rain or Shine" all get that velvet treatment and "Danny Boy" sneaks in as the finale. We even get a duet from Linda Ronstadt on "The Very Thought Of You" and a guest appearance from Ry Cooder.

Released on Verve Records this has an all-star backing band of jazz musos who breathe life into songs that have more than stood the test of time."
- ROGER MARBECK

Four-time Grammy-winning, platinum-selling vocalist Aaron Neville is an American original whose iconic, instantly recognizable voice has the heavenly throb of a Hammond B-3 and a soulful catch in it as he traverses the nether regions of his famous falsetto.

On Nature Boy: The Standards Album, Aaron Neville lends his sublime tenor to some of the most enduring, classic songs ever written and the result is rich, deep, emotionally satisfying listening. Neville has sung and recorded doo-wop, R&B, funk, gospel, country, cowboy music, and more, but Nature Boy is his first recording devoted entirely to great American songbook standards.