EW's GRADE
C

Details Lead Performance: Johnny Mathis; Genre: Pop

Teaming Johnny Mathis with such elegant material as ''Lush Life'' seems perfect, but the results are less than wonderful, wonderful in In a Sentimental Mood/Mathis Sings Ellington. Mathis' voice often sounds unexpectedly ragged; when it doesn't, it's fighting to be heard over the overdone orchestrations. C

Originally posted Oct 26, 1990 Published in issue #37 Oct 26, 1990 Order article reprints

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