1. Saturday/Sunday
1.1. Day Dream Dance
1.2. Beer Hall Commentary
1.3. On the Job
1.4. Dark Hours
1.5. Sunday
2. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
3. Only Minutes Left
4. My Favourite Things
5. Little Motor People
6. Donna Lee
7. Black as a Sunny Day
8. Autumn Leaves
9. 30’s Picnic
Hank Roberts - Cello, Vocals, Jazz-a-phone
fiddle.
Django Bates - Piano, Synthesizer, Tenor Horn
Arto Tunchoyaciyan - Percussion, Vocals
This record is certainly
different, a look at the instrumental line
up tells you that! It is also a bit like the
curate’s egg, good in parts. I liked the Saturday/Sunday
suite because it is certainly original, but
the version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow
on track 2, would certainly have Harold Arlen
twitching in his grave.
I wonder whether this is
really jazz, I know the music is a very broad
church, but whilst it is interesting to listen
to these very creative musicians, the connection
with our great music is I think a tenuous
one. There is little doubt that these are
jazz musicians and when they have a mind things
do swing, I wish they had a mind a bit more
often!
If you are growing bored
with the music you usually listen to, you
could try this one, it certainly has something,
but I know not what.
Don Mather
CD Reviews
Winter & Winter 9190622
