Release Date: 24 June 2022
Label: Savant Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 633842219820
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Release Date: 24 June 2022
Label: Savant Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 633842219820
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Many people are familiar with Alan Broadbent's arranging and conducting for Sir Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Pat Metheny and Michael Bublé. Others may know Broadbent has received 8 Grammy nominations and won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Orchestral Arrangement Accompanying a Vocal, one for Natalie Cole and one for Shirley Horn.
Together on 'Like Minds' the Alan Broadbent Trio play with notable clarity and poise, and their performances - even those of familiar standards - are wonderfully tuneful, sometimes whimsical and often moving, with the overall effect always coming across as coolly engaging and totally spontaneous. "I'm averse to playing what I jokingly call 'big band trio arrangements,' where everybody plays the rhythmic hits," Broadbent explains. "I'll get a big band if I want to do that. For me, for the trio, I want it to change every time."
Spontaneous and off-the-cuff these 9 tracks may be but the closer you listen, the more inventive and exquisitely crafted they sound, with the recording showing that, without a doubt, these three superb musicians are of like minds indeed.
Alan Broadbent: piano
Harvie S: bass
Billy Mintz: drums