by Jason AnkenyAlthough cobbled together from three years of sessions recorded in collaboration with arrangers Marty Paich, Don Costa and Glenn Osser, My Kind of Town hangs together as a cohesive listening experience--fittingly, the themes of movement and change that underscore songs like "King of the Road," "Travellin' On" and "Somewhere Along the Way" parallel Jack Jones' own creative journey, capturing the singer as he slowly but surely comes into his own as a consummate stylist. The rotating arrangers emphasize Jones' range and scope--by turns ebullient and melancholy, the songs are rendered with absolute purity of expression. (Reissued in 1999 on a Universal twofer alongside the stellar Where Love Has Gone.)