Bill Watrous - I'll Play For You!
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Artist: Bill WatrousEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-03-18
Music Label: Progressive Records
Soundtracks:
- Falling In Love
- Nancy
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- I'll Play For You
- Body & Soul
- The Road Goes Ever Onward
- Blue Bossa
- Why Did I Choose Thee
- Tubby
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Free Music Review: Trombone virtuosity in a small group setting
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD combines two sessions, starting with a 1980 gathering featuring Watrous and rhythm section. These six tracks amply demonstrate the trombonist's virtuosity and versatility, starting with a brisk rendering of Rodgers & Hart's "Falling in Love" and including two luscious ballads, "Nancy" and "Body & Soul," the latter quite possibly the definitive trombone version of this jazz standard. There are also nice renditions of "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "The Road Goes Ever Onward" done in lively Latin style with tasteful use of auxiliary percussion.
The one oddball track of this session is the title song, Seals & Croft's "I'll Play for You." Not that it's a bad track - it's just stylistically different than everything else on the CD. Apparently, Watrous liked this tune enough to depart from his usual practice of avoiding recent pop tunes on his recordings.
The final three tracks come from a 1978 session that includes trumpet (Danny Stiles) and tenor sax (Joe Romano) in addition to trombone and rhythm. "Blue Bossa" begins this set, continuing the Latin groove established in earlier tracks. "Why Did I Choose Thee" is a lovely ballad in which Watrous, as usual, makes it sound easy to play smooth and pretty in any part of the horn's range. Stiles is on flugelhorn for this one, sounding mellower than usual as he avoids the high-register licks typically heard in his trumpet solos. The set finishes with the Gene Ammons blues tune "Tubby." All three horn players as well as pianist Ross Tompkins and bassist John Heard do some nice licks in this one. The stop-time sections in each solo are a nice touch.
If you're a musician who doesn't play trombone, this listening experience will make you wish that you did. If you are a trombonist, you will either start practicing more or you'll decide to trash your instrument and give up in frustration. Either way, it's worth the risk.
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