Leitham and Bruno's "Two For The Road"
Martin B.
Bruno in my player for a few days now. This is an extremely
satisfying jazz recording with almost 64 minutes of music (12 tunes).
There is a variety of mostly standard but not often heard tunes (e.g.,
opens with a rollicking version Mingus tune "Nostagia In Times
Square") on this CD from ballad to uptempo burn.
What was especially appealing from the first cut is the rich and HUGE
acoustic tone achieved on this recording by both Leitham and Bruno.
More so than in my earlier listening days, I have come to value the
spareness and simplicity of guitar/bass format and the opportunities
for interplay that it affords. This context shows dimensions or
elements of Jimmy Bruno's playing not previously recorded.
This recording will not disappoint fans of acoustic jazz guitar. Way
to go John and Jimmy!
Anybody else been listening to it?
Martin
Cribcage
<< Anybody else been listening to it? >>
yup. it's a good record.
i've been listening to a lot of recordings released independently or on smaller
labels for the past couple of months, actually. there's obviously a good deal
of quality music out there.
honestly, i've been more interested in some of the original jazz that i've been
hearing. i dig "two for the road," just as i do bertoncini's solo "body and
soul" and the dale bruning & bill frisell duet cd.
i've just found myself less engaged by that music than by records like donny
mccaslin's "seen from above" (with guitarist ben monder, as well as scott
colley and jim black), or pete mccann's "you remind me of someone." scott
colley's "the magic line" and seamus blake's "sun sol" are in that category,
too.
i love standards; i really do. it just seems to me that right now, the most
exciting music that's being made is outside the standard repertoire.
crib
Tom Walls
>
>Have had the new duo CD "Two For The Road" by John Leitham and Jimmy
>Bruno in my player for a few days now.
>Anybody else been listening to it?
>
>Martin
No, but I'm going to order it immediately!
--
Tom Walls
the guy at the Temple of Zeus
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/zeus/
Mark Kleinhaut
crib...@aol.com (Cribcage) wrote:
(snip)
> i've just found myself less engaged by that music than by records
like donny
> mccaslin's "seen from above" (with guitarist ben monder, as well as
scott
> colley and jim black), or pete mccann's "you remind me of someone."
scott
> colley's "the magic line" and seamus blake's "sun sol" are in that
category,
> too.
>
> i love standards; i really do. it just seems to me that right now,
the most
> exciting music that's being made is outside the standard repertoire.
>
> crib
Ultimately, I have to agree with you and, of course, I'm clearly biased
given my own disposition toward playing and recording my own
compositions. Still, of all the purveyors of the standards who are out
there, guys like Bruno, Wilkins & Bertoncini raise the bar to such a
level that it really no longer matters to me "what" they are playing,
because the "how" they are playing it trancends the framework of "the
standard". I'm always impressed by that level of achievement.
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Before you buy.
Tom Walls
snip
Still, of all the purveyors of the standards who are out
>there, guys like Bruno, Wilkins & Bertoncini raise the bar to such a
>level that it really no longer matters to me "what" they are playing,
>because the "how" they are playing it trancends the framework of "the
>standard". I'm always impressed by that level of achievement.
>
I think that sometimes a player's individuality stands out in greater relief
when they're playing a standard. Most recently, after we hemmed and hawed
here about what tune we should each arrange and submit, I started playing some
of the tunes that were mentioned that I had been *least* inclined to play. Lo
and behold I felt tremendous license to have my way with these tunes,
revealing -- even to myself -- quite a bit about my background and artistic(?)
inclinations. Must be why these damn tunes are so popular!
Tom Walls
Martin B.
Order it directly from John Leitham's website: johnleitham.com
or
15.00 + 2.00 shipping to:
Sinistral Records
11054 Ventura Blvd., #112
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