Jules Broussard - With Strings Attached (2007)
EAC-FLAC-TRACKS + CUE + LOG : 502 MB | MP3-320 : 246 MB | Scans Included
Classic Jazz, Symphonic | Darling & Kid Records : CRB1210
EAC-FLAC-TRACKS + CUE + LOG : 502 MB | MP3-320 : 246 MB | Scans Included
Classic Jazz, Symphonic | Darling & Kid Records : CRB1210
Born in Louisiana, Jules began his career when he was only twelve years old, organizing bands and playing lead saxophone for audiences in and around his home town. After a stint in the US Air Force and then traveling throughout the US, Europe and Asia, Jules settled in San Francisco and has been a Bay Area favorite for over thirty years. His career spans over three decades of shared studio and stage with such luminaries as Ray Charles, Boz Scaggs, Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Earl Grant, Elvin Bishop, Art Garfunkel and Doctor Hook. Jules especially enjoys performing live in which his varied styles, techniques and ability to play to almost any audience can be heard.
A stalwart of the San Francisco music scene, Jules Broussard is known internationally as a player whose jazz cameo appearances with Alice Coltrane or Carlos Santana, and on the pop/rock side, Stoneground, Van Morrison, Art Garfunkel, Johnny Otis, and Betty Davis comprise whatever fleeting fame he may have achieved. This project has the alto and tenor (not soprano) saxophonist performing with a small combo complemented by a ten-piece string ensemble. Pianist Larry Dunlap plays a prominent role as a co-conspirator – his presence is more pronounced in several aspects than the leader's in terms of overall group sound. The material is for the most part vintage straight-ahead jazz and standards, longtime favorites of Broussard's. What sets these songs apart from other string-laden arrangements behind jazz tunes is that the violins, violas, and cellos are not background afterthoughts or syrupy symphonic blankets. Instead the instruments are carefully placed in counterpointed snippet phrases that carry on distinct serve-and-volley conversations with the saxophonist and his band. For the most part, the concept works, though perhaps the strings could have been omitted from a few tunes, letting the small band stand alone on occasion. The string charts are generally unobtrusive, quite alluring and sweet. Momentarily sighing or moaning during the ballad "Harlem Nocturne" in a neo-classical chamber mode for Sidney Bechet's "Petite Fleur," nearly gossipy for the easy swingers "Topsy," "Close Your Eyes," and on the basso profundo end for "Smooth Sailing," the strings are a smart and sometimes whimsical aperitif. Broussard knows these classics well, he's not overbearing in his melodies or solos, and he keeps the proceedings to the point, with perhaps a trace of Charlie Parker or Lester Young creeping into his personal sound. As asides, there are Latin inflections, a lush version of Santana's "Europa," and the lesser known Harold Mabern blues swinger "Make Everybody Happy," with the strings pushed back for Broussard, Dunlap, and trombonist Dan Armstrong to play a unison line. An interesting but far from overwhelming or sugar-coated project, it is one Broussard should be proud of, and one to possibly be heard in concert performance.
TRACKS
01.Topsy 05:09
02.Close Your Eyes 05:26
03.Harlem Nocturne 05:31
04.Tin Tin Deo 05:23
05.Europa 04:54
06.Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear From Me 03:27
07.Embraceable You 04:12
08.It Had Better Be Tonight 04:42
09.Petite Fleur 04:14
10.Smooth Sailing 04:45
11.Malibu 04:45
12.Make Everybody Happy 06:48
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Jules Broussard / With Strings Attached
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EAC extraction logfile from 11. March 2011, 17:08
Jules Broussard / With Strings Attached
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