Don Braden - The Voice of the Saxophone

Styles: Flute And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:25
Size: 150,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:41)  1. Soul Station
(5:43)  2. Speak No Evil
(6:36)  3. Winelight
(6:43)  4. After the Rain
(6:24)  5. The Dust Kicker
(6:36)  6. Monk's Hat
(6:24)  7. Cozy
(6:40)  8. The Face I Love
(6:36)  9. Point of Many Returns
(5:59) 10. The Voice of the Saxophone

Don Braden's The Voice of the Saxophone is, for the most part, impressive. His quartet arrangements of "After the Rain" and the title track should turn heads. His big-toned tenor sax carries the octet in covers of hard bop gems like "Soul Station" and "Speak No Evil." He's also making headway as a composer, especially on "Cozy," which features both him and Vincent Herring on flutes. Less successful is the pseudo-Monk TV theme from The Cosby Show, which is called "Monk's Hat." ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-voice-of-the-saxophone-mw0000025404

Personnel: Don Braden (flute, tenor saxophone); Vincent Herring (flute, alto saxophone); Hamiet Bluiett (clarinet, contrabass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Frank Lacy (trombone); Darrell Grant (piano); Dwayne Burno (acoustic bass); Cecil Brooks III (drums).

The Voice of the Saxophone

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