Simple Pleasures (Alison Brown album) explained

Simple Pleasures
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Alison Brown
Cover:	1990_pleasures.jpg
Released:	1990
Genre:	Progressive Bluegrass, Jazz
Length:	38:55
Label:	Vanguard
Producer:	David Grisman
Next Title:	Twilight Motel
Next Year:	1992

Simple Pleasures is an album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1990. Produced by David Grisman and recorded with his David Grisman Quintet plus such stars as Mike Marshall, Alison Krauss and Turtle Island String Quartet violoncellist Mark Summer, this jazzy album delivers a hybrid-string sound with all tracks exclusively written by Alison Brown.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Michael McCall wrote of the album "Her all-instrumental debut instantly earned respect among progressive acoustic music fans... she maintains an innate elegance amid the tricky arranging."

Track listing

All compositions by Alison Brown

1. "Mambo Banjo" – 3:58
2. "Leaving Cottondale" – 2:35
3. "Fantasy" – 2:25
4. "Daytime TV" – 3:02
5. "Wolf Moon" – 2:50
6. "From the Coast" – 5:13
7. "Weetabix" – 2:42
8. "Bright And Early" – 2:45
9. "Waltzing With Tula" – 3:01
10. "Reddy Rooster" – 2:43
11. "Sundaze" – 4:52
12. "Simple Pleasures" – 2:49

Personnel

• Alison Brown – banjo, guitar
• Joe Craven – percussion
• David Grisman – mandolin
• Matt Eakle – flute
• Jim Kerwin– bass
• Alison Krauss – fiddle
• Mike Marshall – guitar
• Mark Summer – cello