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You could say that Doris Day was handicapped in her music career by her own success. She started, of course, as a singer in a swing band, but she is most remembered as a pretty decent actress who could also sing well. That is the "handicap," since far too many dismiss her as a purely commercial pop singer without really LISTENING to her. That is easy to do, as she was one of those singers, like Sinatra, that just made it sound so "easy." It's very easy to skip past her perfect pitch, great intonation, and good phrasing.For those wishing to hear a hard-swinging Doris, this isn't the CD for that--though she does swing lightly and effortlessly through a number of tunes. It is also not a jazz tour-de-force--her duet album with André Previn is good for that--though there is no doubt of her jazz roots if one listens carefully here.Many of the songs are the upbeat romantic tunes that one would expect to hear from the "movie" Doris Day--the innocent happy young romantic--and Doris pulls that off quite well in this collection. But the gems of this album are the tunes that show of the "darker Doris"--those songs that speak of love unrequitted or lost. In these ("The Night We Called it a Day," "Gone With the Wind," and "I Remember You," for example), she captures the emotion of what she is singing about nearly as well as Frank Sinatra--maybe almost as well as a Billie Holiday, and that is saying something. And she does it without sacrificing that perect pitch and intonation that was her trademark.The orchestra of Paul Weston--not as well-known as Nelson Riddle or Billy May--does a credible job here. On the more "up" tunes, one might prefer the more boisterous brass "break" that a Billy May arrangement would offer, but the ballads are quite reminiscent of the arrangements that Nelson Riddle or Gordon Jenkins would have used.The best advice: When you listen to this, just forget that it's movie star and commercial singer Doris Day for a minute--and listen. You're likely to hear a very pleasing jazz balladeer that you didn't expect.