Blue on the D.L.

Russell Gunn (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: HighNote Records
• ASIN: B0000630ZP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,287 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SHOTGUN, July 28, 2002

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This review is from: Blue on the D.L. (Audio CD)

THIS CD IS MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH RUSSELL GUNN'S TRUMPET.ITS A NICE SURPRISE . I DO HEAR A NEW TEATMENT HERE FOR "OLD CHESNUTS" HE HAS HIS OWN VOICE IN THE INSTRUMENT AND A GREAT FUTURE AHEAD.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars swing, July 10, 2002

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"raysip" (boston, ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue on the D.L. (Audio CD)

This ablum is what jazz is all about..it swings, its groovy and you feel the music.

0 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What's Going on Here?, May 3, 2002

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Jan P. Dennis "Longboard jazzer" (Monument, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue on the D.L. (Audio CD)

This is the kind of record that gives jazz a bad name. Russell Gunn, a young trumpeter of note, here offers a set of mostly bebop chestnuts supposedly given a fresh reading. Instead, what we get is esoteric, virtuoso, insider treatments. Yes, there are some stunning moments, yes, the fine assemblage of 20- and 30-something jazzers play their butts off, but it generally comes across as cold and academic: ideosyncratic, listener-unfriendly set-pieces. Where's the warmth, the vitality, the craziness that make jazz such a surprizing and engaging music? Not here on this disc, I'm sorry to say.