Label: Six Degrees
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 657036102422
EAN: 0657036102422
ASIN: B00004RDR2
Release Date: 2000-03-14
Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill
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Artist: Roy Nathanson
Label: Six Degrees Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 657036102422 EAN: 0657036102422 ASIN: B00004RDR2 Release Date: 2000-03-14 |
Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill
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Saxophonist Roy Nathanson's tenure with John Lurie and his Lounge Lizards and then the Jazz Passengers gave ample foreshadowing for this all-over-the-map concept album. Nathanson pulls in a roster of luminaries, starting with Elvis Costello to open the set (and make a pair of additional appearances) and continuing with Deborah Harry, organist Charles Earland, and several of the leader's colleagues from the Jazz Passengers. The album has a story: Keaton's is an archetypal hangout, a seedy nightclub central to the cast's lives, that burns down. The vocals vary from Costello's croon to a scrappy Nancy King spot, a hilarious turn by Richard Butler, and Harry's sultry swagger on "Cups." Nathanson and the band play across styles, swinging then strutting then playing a straight soul-jazz tune with Earland driving on the Hammond organ. Of course, the horn charts are very conversational, with riffs flying back and forth and solos popping up as inadvertent reminders that Nathanson's aesthetic is at heart soul-bop-funk. Here, he manages to not only build a storied nightspot with the music, he gets to burn the place down and have the music tell the story. <I>--Andrew Bartlett</I>Customer Reviews:
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Musically, what that means is that everything flows together, and it has to to make the narrative and scene painting work, and that though they may be a pleasing individual song, listening to it out of context doesn't make much sense and weakens the song itself. Taken as a whole, though, the songs support the story and themselves, and make sense. The writing is good, and Elvis Costello especially shines, sounding in great voice.
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