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艺人
Bob Brookmeyer
语种
英语
厂牌
Challenge
发行时间
2001年09月04日
专辑类别
录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Ken Dryden

Although Bob Brookmeyer played piano in addition to his regular instrument, valve trombone, while he was working with

Jimmy Giuffre

and in both the small and big bands led by

Gerry Mulligan

, as well as on other sessions, this is his first exclusive outing on the instrument since the recording of &The Ivory Hunters,& his famous duo piano date with

Bill Evans

, some 40-plus years later. Producer

Peter Larsen

overcame Brookmeyer's numerous objections that he wasn't up to the task; the results are more than satisfying. With bassist

Mads Vinding

and drummer

Alex Riel

, he develops interesting approaches to half a dozen time-tested standards. &The Man I Love& is economical and occasionally dissonant, while his reworking of &I Thought About You& has a well-disguised introduction and later a Latin flavor as the rhythm section joins him. &I Should Care& is transformed into a troubled, somewhat darker setting, but he follows it up with a joyful, foot-tapping &Things Ain't What They Used to Be& that surely reflects the song's title; it comes out sounding like an original by Brookmeyer. As one of the top (and most under-appreciated) arrangers and appreciated composers at the dawn of the 21st century, Brookmeyer's originals stand up very well to close scrutiny. &Summer Song& is his brisk reworking of

George Gershwin

's well-known &Summertime.& The pretty ballad &Pastoral& contrasts with his playful (and at first, deceptively simple) &Stupid Song,& which builds from an initially repetitious two-note theme. Brookmeyer would never claim that he has the greatest chops on piano, but the way in which he makes use of his talent on the keyboard is of far more interest than the CDs by up-and-coming full-time pianists with great technique but little knowledge of what to do with it.


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