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Rupert & Drexler: R&D
ByRecorded before a small audience (which always tests musicians' nerves and senses), the eight standards presented here create a lively and most spirited program. Hammerstein and Kern's everlasting melody, "The Song Is You," is a highlight lift-off, with a beautiful optimism bubbling from Rupert's whispery, well-rounded, almost vocal tone, and rising from Drexler's skilled, multilayered voicings. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Edelweiss," from The Sound of Music, is pure synergy, each player pushing the other forward, Drexler especially colorful and free, choreographing a lasting dance. Billy Strayhorn's "Johnny Come Lately" and Mal Waldron's sumptuous "Soul Eyes" are further evidence of this duo's dedication to its craft, its music, and the art of storytelling.
Track Listing
The Song Is You; Someday; O Grande Amor; Edelweiss; Johnny Come Lately; Imagination; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes; Soul Eyes.
Personnel
Richard Drexler
bass, acousticJeff Rupert: saxophone; Richard Drexler: piano.
Album information
Title: R&D | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Rupe Media
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Instrument: Bass, acoustic
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