Conrad Herwig & Andy LaVerne - Shades of Light

Styles: Trombone And Piano Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:31
Size: 143,8 MB
Art: Front

(7:41)  1. Three Flowers
(5:45)  2. Tones for Joan's Bones
(6:15)  3. Crystal Silence
(8:24)  4. Bessie's Blues
(4:31)  5. If You Never Come to Me
(6:07)  6. Shades of Light
(5:33)  7. Black Narcissus
(5:25)  8. Think on Me
(5:19)  9. African Flower
(7:26) 10. In Your Own Sweet Way

Trombonist Conrad Herwig and pianist Andy LaVerne picked some beautiful, modern tunes for this duo session. In addition to music by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Hubert Laws, and George Cables, they tangle with Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way," Ellington's "African Flower," and Jobim's "If You Never Come to Me." (Corea's "Crystal Silence," famously played by its author and Gary Burton as a piano/vibes duet, is a particularly good choice.) Few besides Herwig can get the ungainly trombone to sing and turn corners like this; his rapport with LaVerne, one of Steeplechase's most sophisticated and prolific artists, is often breathtaking. This record came out around the same time as Wycliffe Gordon and Eric Reed's We, and makes for an interesting comparison. ~ David R.Adler http://www.allmusic.com/album/shades-of-light-mw0001032591

Personnel: Conrad Herwig (trombone), Andy LaVerne (piano)

Shades of Light

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