Donald Brown - The Sweetest Sounds

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:46
Size: 148,7 MB
Art: Front

(7:01)  1. I Used To Think She Was Quiet
(7:05)  2. I Should Care
(5:36)  3. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
(5:00)  4. Theme For Ernie
(5:05)  5. The Sweetest Sounds
(6:55)  6. Affaire D'Amour
(7:13)  7. Nature's Folk Song
(3:04)  8. Betcha By Golly Wow
(6:57)  9. Woody N' You
(6:49) 10. Night Mist Blues
(3:57) 11. Killing Me Softly With His Song

Donald Brown has had a fairly low-profile career despite his talents, settling in Tennessee as a teacher after a period playing with the Jazz Messengers and teaching at Berklee. This lesser-known effort, cut for the JazzCity label and reissued a decade later by Evidence, matches the pianist with bassist Charnett Moffett, drummer Alan Dawson, and (on four of the 11 songs) vibraphonist Steve Nelson. Brown contributed three of the originals and digs into such standards as "I Should Care," "Woody N' You," and Ahmad Jamal's "Night Mist Blues," uplifting such later pop tunes as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "Betcha By Golly Wow." An excellent effort by a greatly underrated player and composer. ~ Scott Yanow   http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sweetest-sounds-mw0000035476

Personnel: Donald Brown (piano); Steve Nelson (vibraphone); Charnett Moffett (bass); Alan Dawson (drums). Reissue Producer: Jerry Gordon.

The Sweetest Sounds

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