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Bone-Ified Artist: Bill Watrous
Label: Gnp Crescendo
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 052824221123
EAN: 0052824221123
ASIN: B000001OY8


Release Date: 1992-02-11

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Listmania:

  1. Best of Bill Watrous

Tracks:

  1. Day In, Day Out
  2. Unforgetable
  3. Indian Summer
  4. Change Partners
  5. Answer Me
  6. Just In Time
  7. How Deep Is The Ocean
  8. Smooth Talk
  9. A Hot One For Jason

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Great Studio Album, but it's a studio album.......2003-10-04

Having done a clinic and private lesson with Bill, I know that he is a very competent musician and a great guy. However, this recording isn't my favorite because of the overwhelming feel of studio cheese. The tunes and players are great, but the producer simply mixed the life out of it. The intent of the album comes through it all, which is why I have to rate it 4*'s. "A Hot One For Jason" is the coolest tune by far.

3 out of 5 stars A spoonful of sugar (and a slice of cheese).......2003-06-06

I looked at the cast and tunes and assumed this might be the Bill Watrous album to own. Not necessarily so. At a time when "acoustic" jazz was gaining momentum--the early nineties--these four musicians deemed it necessary to enhance/supplement their efforts with a synthesizer. Despite attempts to use it tastefully and sparingly (limited to string and flute sounds on ballads), its presence is enough to make much of the album seem anachronistic, not to mention glib and background-ish. Moreover, the cause isn't helped by the curious decision to have the highly capable Fischer play electric bass throughout. Finally, the audio mix reminds me of one of those digital recordings on which tracks are recorded separately and then reassembled later. The trombone sound, beautiful as it is, lacks presence while the piano, if anything, has too much. Take the headphones off, guys--just listen to each other and play.

At least Bill Watrous fans will find ample testimony to his superior command of his instrument (along with some creative whistling and humming). Rather than "adapt" the styles of more fluent instruments to the trombone, Watrous shows --especially on "Indian Summer" and "Just in Time"--that the horn can execute at the same level as a Charlie Parker on alto saxophone. On the whole, the man deserves to be better served by his producers.

5 out of 5 stars Watrous is by far the most dynamic trombonist of his time........2001-07-20

Being a trombonist myself, I have always listened to other professionals for guidance, Watrous stands out among the best. The ballads on this recording are simply fantastic. "Unforgettable" lives again with Bill's style and skyscraper range. The other tunes are very well played, especially his dedication tune to his son,"A hot one for Jason", featuring the multiphonic technique Bill likes so well. This is a great recording for any music fan of any type. The trombone rocks!!

5 out of 5 stars Watrous is by far the most dynamic trombonist of his time........2001-07-20

Being a trombonist myself, I have always listened to other professionals for guidance, Watrous stands out among the best. The ballads on this recording are simply fantastic. "Unforgettable" lives again with Bill's style and skyscraper range. The other tunes are very well played, especially his dedication tune to his son,"A hot one for Jason", featuring the multiphonic technique Bill likes so well. This is a great recording for any music fan of any type. The trombone rocks!!

5 out of 5 stars An exceptionally fine recording.......2001-02-11

This recording is truly superb and worth the price for the beautiful track "Answer Me" alone. But it's all good, very good, and I have made several friends very happy--and surprised that they had not heard the recording earlier themselves--with gift copies. I wish Amazon.com would make available more of Bill Watrous' CDs. I was lucky enough to hear Watrous solo with the Manhatten Jazz Orchestra during a Tokyo performance at Suntory Hall last year, and he took the trombone to delicate and soft places I had never heard any trombonist do before. Pianist Shelly Berg is a perfect fit for Watrous on this recording but all of the musicians are playing so well and tightly that it is as though they had been playing together in an earlier life.

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