Ruby Braff - Ruby Braff Remembers Louis Armstrong- Being with You (1997)

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Artist: Ruby Braff
Title: Ruby Braff Remembers Louis Armstrong- Being with You
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Arbors[ARCD 19163]
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Mainstream Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 62:31
Total Size: 340 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) (Kahn-Fio Rito) - 9:34
02. Little One (Porter) - 4:23
03. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now (Razaf-Waller) - 12:03
04. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) (Creamer-Johnson) - 4:55
05. Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby (Woods) - 4:10
06. When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan) - 9:20
07. Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman) - 5:27
08. Royal Garden Blues (Williams-Williams) - 9:03
09. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Rene-Rene-Muse) - 3:36

personnel :

Ruby Braff - cornet, vocal (#2)
Jon-Erik Kellso - cornet
Joe Wilder - flugelhorn (#8)
Dan Barrett - trombone
Scott Robinson - baritone saxophone, clarinet
Jerry Jerome - tenor saxophone
Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar
Johnny Varro - piano
Bob Haggart - bass
Jim Gwin - drums

Although billed as a tribute to Louis Armstrong, this 1996 recording by the great cornetist Ruby Braff is not all it seems to be. Several of the swing standards (such as "I Never Knew," "Little One" which Braff sings" and "Royal Garden Blues") do not have much to do with Armstrong; there are no attempts to pay direct homage to any of his recordings, and the arrangements (by Braff and trombonist Dan Barrett) look more toward Count Basie and Lester Young than to Satch. In addition, there is no explanation of the "Being With You" subtitle, nor any song with that name. The lineup of musicians is impressive: cornetist Jon-Erik Kellso, Barrett, Scott Robinson on baritone and clarinet, veteran tenorman Jerry Jerome, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, pianist Johnny Varro, bassist Bob Haggart and drummer Jim Gwin; the sidemen get almost as much solo space as the leader. Braff plays well, and the overall results are pleasing but not quite up to the level of the cornetist's more significant dates.~Scott Yanow

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