Описание
Southside Johnny With LaBamba’s Big Band- GRAPEFRUIT MOON: The Songs Of Tom Waits- CD- 2008/2016-
- Leroy Records/MVD Audio- 760137952725- 400 grn
GRAPEFRUIT MOON features Southside’s take on 12 songs written by Tom Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan. Southside is backed here by LaBamba’s Big Band, and LaBamba truly outdid himself on these massive arrangements. Tom Waits himself guests on one track, dueting with Johnny on “Walk Away,” their vocals recorded together at a California studio. Otherwise, the sessions took place in New York and New Jersey in 2005 and 2006, with numerous horn players and musicians including Jerry Vivino, Eddie Manion, Art Baron, Mark Pender, Mike Spengler, Jeff Kazee, Charlie Giordano, Shawn Pelton, Bobby Bandiera and more. The vocals of the Southside, the big band arrangements of LaBamba, the songs of Tom Waits is an ambitious project and brilliantly executed. Here’s one that makes you say, “Don’t blink, time passes too quickly.” Back in 2008, Southside Johnny, the godfather of blue-eyed soul from the Jersey Shore, produced a DIY pet project—him, singing the songs of Tom Waits with a big band. It was an ambitious project, probably too ambitious for the DIY nature of this beast. But he did it, and it turned out to be a beautiful beast—the music, unparalleled; the musicianship, incredible. Southside, at his full-throated, barroom bard best. Johnny had a secret weapon, an accomplice, on this improbable journey. Richard “LaBamba” Rosenberg—the multi-talented trombonist best known for his work in the Late Night With Conan O’Brien band as well as touring with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes—turns out to be an amazing arranger. And his work on this record shimmers. With all that buildup, the project never got its due. As a result, it’s great to see, some 13 years later, the folks at Pacific Records have lovingly remastered, reissued and breathed new life into the project. Bravo to all on this one, and special credit goes out to Sascha Peterfreund, the remaster engineer on this project. The sound has been completely revamped. The horns, rhythm section and Johnny’s voice are crisper, cleaner and more nuanced. It’s the way this album was meant to sound. The 12 tracks include some of Waits’ more memorable tunes—“Yesterday Is Here,” “Down, Down, Down,” “Grapefruit Moon,” “Tango Till They’re Sore” and “Shiver Me Timbers,” to name a few. Tom Waits himself joins Johnny for a vampy dance around “Walk Away.”
Comes In Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes Insert.
Made In The U.S.A.
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