Trombone for Lovers explained

Trombone for Lovers
Type:album
Artist:Roswell Rudd
Cover:Roswell_Rudd_Trombone_for_Lovers.jpg
Released:2013
Studio:Club House; Kaleidoscope Sound; NYC Labor Chorus's Rehearsal Space; Potterville International Sound; Studio IRG
Genre:Jazz
Length:1:00:39
Label:Sunnyside
SSC 1369
Producer:Ivan Rubenstein-Gillis, Roswell Rudd
Chronology:Roswell Rudd
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Trombone for Lovers is an album by trombonist Roswell Rudd featuring Rudd playing well-known tunes in a broad range of ensemble contexts, with varying personnel. It was recorded at various locations, and was released by Sunnyside Records in 2013.[1] [2]

Reception

In a review for PopMatters, Brent Faulkner wrote: "Track after track, Rudd's musicianship and sharpness impresses, making Trombone for Lovers shine radiantly."

David Whiteis of Jazz Times stated: "Rudd's timbral and emotional range is as diverse as ever, and his gnarled imprecations keep pop ballads... and novelty-tinged offerings... from getting too cute."[3]

Writing for Latin Jazz Net, Raul Da Gama described the album as "a look at timeless standards, by which he has made them timeless again, re-creating them completely with all their ageless beauty, making them ripple through the flesh and the bone; through body and soul, touching the very nerve endings of the body with notes that are charged with emotion in every muted growl and angular human smear."[4]

Tom Hull commented: "With the 'Joe Hill' suite at the end, this could have been called Trombone for the Masses: I don't mind the rapper there but the NYC Labor Choir takes some getting used to even though I feel like saluting the political point. Everything else is just superb."[5]

Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News remarked: "Here is one of the goofiest jazz discs you'll encounter in a while. All of Rudd's muting – with plungers and otherwise – can't disguise the cognitive dissonance of his use of the trombone as yearning instrument of love."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Ghost Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones) – 3:10
  2. "Here, There and Everywhere" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:33
  3. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) – 2:46
  4. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 5:15
  5. "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" (Don Raye, Lil Hardin Armstrong) – 2:11
  6. "Sleep Walk" (Santo & Johnny) – 3:01
  7. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma) – 3:37
  8. "Green Onions" (Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, Lewie Steinberg, Steve Cropper) – 5:27
  9. "Tennessee Waltz" (Redd Stewart, Pee Wee King) – 3:57
  10. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 4:49
  11. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 4:30
  12. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 3:26
  13. "Funky Little Sweet Thing - Slow Dance for Fast Times" (Verna Gillis) – 4:00

"Joe Hill" (Alfred Hayes, Earl Robinson): four versions:

  2. "Joe Hill: Trombone Solo with Piano Accompaniment" – 3:31
  3. "Joe Hill: NYC Labor Chorus and Soloists" – 1:46
  4. "Joe Hill: The Relentless Walk" – 3:53
  5. "Joe Hill: Joe Hill Will Never Die" – 0:34

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roswell Rudd: Trombone for Lovers . AllMusic . November 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Roswell Rudd: Trombone for Lovers . Jazz Music Archives . November 5, 2022.
  3. Web site: Roswell Rudd: Trombone for Lovers . David . Whiteis . January 3, 2014 . Jazz Times . November 5, 2022.
  4. Web site: Roswell Rudd – Trombone for Lovers . Raul . Da Gama . December 22, 2013 . Latin Jazz Net . November 5, 2022.
  5. Web site: Hull . Tom . The Incredible Honk . Tom Hull – on the Web . November 5, 2022.
  6. Web site: Listening Post . Jeff . Simon . November 17, 2013 . The Buffalo News . November 5, 2022.

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