Broad Strokes

Roswell Rudd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 9, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Knitting Factory
• ASIN: B00004SR1W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #544,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Change Of Season

2. Sassy & Dolphy

3. Almost Blue

4. Stokey

5. Coming On The Hudson

6. God Had A Girlfriend

7. All Too Soon/Way Low

8. Theme From BABE

9. The Light

10. Change Of Season

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a beautiful album, June 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Broad Strokes (Audio CD)

I have only had this album 2 days and I will bet I have already listened to it five or six times.

Rudd's musical personality is a paradoxical mix of quirkiness and down-to-earth soul. This is jazz at its most human; the players are playing for the love of the music. You will hear many familiar riffs in very fresh ways. The lyrics are funny and charming. The version of Costello's Almost Blue is a spacy funeral march. The Ellington numbers get the awe inspiring intimacy that Duke always got from his band. How about that track with Sonic Youth?

This album will be there when critics and music fans compile their "Best of 2000" lists.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and inspiring ballads from Roswell Rudd, September 11, 2007

By 

Mrs. Lori J. Fredrics "catface1965" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broad Strokes (Audio CD)

There are a wealth of treats on this album ranging from the amusing bossa "Sassy and Dolphy" to the inspiring composition "The Light" featuring a stunning vocal by Sheila Jordan.
Broad Strokes is certainly worth checking out for the collaboration between Rudd and Sonic Youth on "The Theme from Babe"( based on Saint-Saens 3 )alone .
I also have a soft spot for the Motown-y "Stokey" which celebrates Stoke Newington, perhaps in part because I am familiar with North London neighborhood.
Long time listeners of Roswell Rudd will be pleased to hear his interpretation of the Monk tune "Coming on the Hudson".
Broad Strokes indeed!