Quality: Bitrate:
FLAC
Scans - Artwork:
CD Cover
Total Time:
56:10
Total Size:
283 MB
Album Info & Personnel:
In the tradition of smooth, lyrical ballad players supreme like Tommy Dorsey or Jack Jenny comes Alan Kaplan
with a program of 15 songs, 13 of them played with a lush string
background provided by a bevy of conductors/arrangers such as Joe
Curiale, the inimitable Russ Garcia, Bill Cunliffe, Tom Ranier, and Steven Bernstein.
In addition, there are two bonus tracks scored for a variety of
trombones and other brass instruments, much as in the trombone octet
days of Urbie Green, with Kaplan
playing all the trombones. Long a West Coast studio player sitting in
orchestras that provided music for The Simpsons and Star Trek and backed
up Barbra Streisand, Kaplan
puts his trombone virtuosity on the line with this album of favorite
standards. Recorded over a period of five years with some of the premier
studio players in Los Angeles, Lonely Town brings back the notion of the romantic trombone, complete with swelling strings providing the cushion for Kaplan. Now and then, one hears deep in the background the jingling of the pianos of Ranier or Christian Jacob
or the soft pierce of the oboe, the soothing English Horn, the flute,
or the clarinet, giving the group body and dynamics. But when matched
against a large group of violins, violas, and cellos, clearly their role
is secondary. But even against the strings, it is Kaplan's
highly stylized and quixotic trombone that takes the day. It's all very
pretty, precious, and pleasant, and sometimes reflective. Recommended
for when the psyche cries out for an hour of out-and-out lovely music,
lovingly played.- Dave Nathan (AMG)
Tracklist:
LINKS:
AK-LT-part 1AK-LT-part 2
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