How many performers are as classy as Fred Astaire? And while his name rightfully conjures up images of dancing with Ginger Rogers or mirror images of himself, the tracks he recorded with Verve in the 50s. The recordings are a different kind of classy though… not the top hat and white tails kind, but the calm, confident and stylized kind of classy. The way he sings is relaxed, and it sounds like he is having lots of fun. He isn’t the greatest singer, or the greatest interpreter, but when you listen to him sing on these discs it is like having Fred Astaire and Oscar Peterson hanging out in your living room.