Bent Fabric: Jukebox - Want It All

Bent Fabric: Jukebox

Danish musician Bent Fabricius-Bjerre proves that you don't have to be 21 to stay out late. Now an octogenarian, Bent combines a timeless cool with a club-hopping soundtrack on this standout dance CD that swirls in influences from jazz to R&B. The tracks have the variety and complexity you'd expect from a music industry all-arounder--Mr. Fabric has been a record label founder, composer (of the Grammy-winning "Alley Cat," among others), and TV host, to name a few of his vocations. Yet it maintains a youthful feel, thanks at least in part to a variety of guest performers and producers. Singer Nellie Ettison is a standout on "Just Be There for Me," a poppy ode to enduring love cowritten by SÃ¸ren Rasted of Aqua. Additional vocalists such as Allan Vegenfeldt and Martin Brygman aren't exactly stars in the U.S., but their performances suggest that Americans should surrender their ears--not to mention their dancing feet--to Denmark without delay. --L. Wuzbuh