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Chris Standring: Wonderful World
ByThat is not necessarily a bad thing. Heaven knows a dose of the evening news today can send you screaming from the room. But if anything can bring you back, refreshment in hand, Wonderful World can. Chris Standring is a respected jazz guitarist. His liner notes strongly suggest he understood that the Covid Pandemic had simply freaked people out. So shimmering strings, a reassuring Kathrin Shorr vocal ("Wonderful World"), and the exceptional, if backgrounded, talents of Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Harvey Mason, Chuck Berghofer, and others, may be just what you require. Listening to standards such as "Green Dolphin Street," so arranged, reminds one that these are beautiful melodies too, not just material for a blowing session There must have been a first time for hearing "Alfie," and it was assuredly not what, say, Buddy Rich had in mind when Ernie Watts refused to play it up-tempo and quit. Once upon a time, Johnny Smith could bring similar peace to your living room as the elders tried to decompress. While it may not be purely nostalgia that Standing was aiming for, "something different," Standring avers; the stylized "Stereophonic" moniker that decorates the cover is something of a dead give-away.
WJBR would have happily programmed this recording before it went for younger ears in 1985. In any event, enjoy it as you will.
Track Listing
How Insensitive; Night and Day; Autumn in New York; Estate; What a Wonderful World; On Green Dolphin Street; Alfie; Falling in Love with Love; Sunrise; Maxine; My Foolish Heart.
Personnel
Chris Standring
guitarGeoff Gascoyne
bassRandy Brecker
trumpetPeter Erskine
drumsHarvey Mason
drumsDavid Karasony
drumsChuck Berghofer
bass, acousticDarek Oles
bassKathrin Shorr
vocalsAlbum information
Title: Wonderful World | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Ultimate Vibe
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