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Stefon Harris, Greg Tardy and John Clayton as guests. Nice. Also put on some vocals that have some impact on my life. A poetic singer/songwriter...I hate that! No guessing involved at this time. Just stuff to listen to. A time to relax.
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That's Tim Hardin. I have exactly the same reaction as you to his singing and songwriting - very emotional - but never expected to see his stuff on a jazz site. I saw him a couple of times. Shows that a big voice is not an absolute requirement in the business. Something about that little catch in his voice that seems a bit contrived but gets me every time. Did he die of alcoholism and drugs?
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He was a hard user. Had a lot of problems with life and obviously with relationships. Why not on a jazz site? A jazz reviewer wrote the liner notes for one of his albums, Eddie Gomez was the bass player and Gary Burton is on the album I pulled these tunes from. It's funny that I played this album almost 40 years ago for some of my friends (all jazz players) and one of them that's still around can quote the lyrics from some of the tunes. Misty Roses was done by a tenor player but I can't remember who it was.I don't think he contrived any particular sound in his voice but I really don't know. He certainly had a way with lyrics.
You're right. Great music is great music. The chord progressions on Misty Roses are unusual and beautiful and it would make a nice jazz ballad. It's just that I don't think that most of us would expect to see our beloved jazz curmudgeon get all blubbery over someone known as a pop/folk singer.But I'm a softie, too, and got a little choked up when I heard that song again for the first time in years. Thanks.
Hank Williams, the Bird of country music.Tim Hardin can really screw with your emotions concerning those things you thought you got over.
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How old is that date? Whatever happened to Donald Brown? He fell off the map.
Track 7 was recorded live a year and 1/2 ago. The others are more recent. They just put this CD out recently. Donald Brown took over the jazz program at U. of Tennessee when James Williams came up here to run the William Paterson U. jazz program. The Memphis Piano Mafia connection. You can't have a family and make it financially by just playing gigs. The college deal is a good one and you can still play gigs. I got the CD in the mail a few weeks ago which was a very nice surprise. Some good players associated with that orchestra and the U.T. jazz department.
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