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Harry Allen: Love Songs Live!
Allen, with Scott Hamilton, is one of the more prominent tenor sax players on today's scene who remains uninfluenced by Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman or other modernists. His tone is pure and mellow and is perfect for the music presented on this disc. Allen must love classic ballads, he plays so many of them, not only on this album but on his other releases too. And for an artist under 40 years old, he has a respectable resume of albums and live appearances. It's commendable that a talented and relatively young artist like Allen with a deep affection for the Great American Songbook is willing to make sure his dedication gets to the public through his CDs.
This album contains very beguiling tenor sax playing. But more than 70 minutes of this mood may be a bit much for some. Hopefully, the audience at the concerts from which these cuts were selected, as well as the musicians, were given an injection of faster pace material as a counterbalance to the ballads.
Track Listing
But Beautiful; Every Time We Say Goodbye; Once I Loved; Sweet Lorraine; Skyscraper; The Touch of Your Lips; This Time the Dream's on Me; Sophisticated Lady; O Grande Amor; Stardust,
Personnel
Harry Allen
saxophoneRandy Sandke
trumpetJohn Bunch
pianoDave McKenna
pianoDennis Irwin
bassHoward Alden
guitarOliver Jackson
drumsButch Miles
drumsDuffy Jackson
drumsFrank Tate
bassLen Skeat
bassAlbum information
Title: Love Songs Live! | Year Released: 2001 | Record Label: Nagel Heyer Records
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