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Bob Dorough: Sunday At Iridium
ByDorough is a fine entertainer. He pulls in pop, the blues, and some calypso, along with a healthy staple of jazz and a becoming sense of humour. A swinging band and an easy rapport with the audience go a long way in making Sunday At Iridium a success.
He gets off to a good start on the jazz song "You're the Dangerous Type," with fine articulation and an extended harmonic presence on the piano. From there on it is a roll. The blues vamp in, the guitar of Steve Berger slow and deliberate coloured with a light hue, the drums kissed with the brushes of Ed Ornowski, the beat pegged with precision by Steve Gilmore. There are some guest turns, most notably Daryl Sherman, who comes in for four-handed piano and a song on the Latin-tinged "Without Rhyme or Reason." The Bobettes accompany him on "Comin' Home Baby" to cook up fine pop, which they stir crisply with their backup vocals. There's fun in the sun on the breezy calypso "Down St. Thomas Way," and by the time Dorough gets through it all, the appetite has been well satiated.
Track Listing
You're the Dangerous Type; But for Now; You're Looking at Me; Sunday; Comin' Home, Baby; Three is a Magic Number; Baby Used to Be; How Could a Man Take Such a Fall; Without Rhyme or Reason; Down St. Thomas Way; Ain't No Spoofin'; Electricity, Electricity; We'll Be Together Again.
Personnel
Bob Dorough
vocalsBob Dorough- piano, vocals; Steve Berger- guitar; Steve Gilmore- bass; Ed Ornowski- drums; Joe Wilder- trumpet on "Sunday" and "Ain't No Spoofin';" Daryl Sherman- additional vocal & piano on "Without Rhyme or Reason;" Laura Amico, Roslyn Hart- backing vocals on "Comin' Home, Baby" and "Electricity, Electricity."
Album information
Title: Sunday At Iridium | Year Released: 2004 | Record Label: Arbors Records
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