Face to Face [Import]

Arne Domnerus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Dragon
• ASIN: B00003Z9VK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,460 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Out of Nowhere

2. Body and Soul

3. But Not for Me

4. Stardust

5. That Tired Old Routine Called Love

6. St. Louis Blues

7. My Old Flame

8. I Cover the Waterfront

9. Lover Man

10. Just Friends

11. Just One of Those Things

12. What Kind of Fool Am I

13. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Two guys I'd never heard of but glad I finally did, March 26, 2011

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Eric C. Sedensky "late-to-jazz musician" (Madison, AL, US) - See all my reviews
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I'm always a bit leery when jazz musicians co-headline a recording together because you never really know what you're going to get - one or the other dominant, or a truly good mix of the two (or a truly bad mix of the two). You might get lucky and get two geniuses like Phil Woods and Lew Tabackin, playing for and off of each other as they bring new depth and interest to some music (Phil Woods & Lew Tabackin), or you might get semi-lucky like with Art Tatum in his group sessions (The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8), who although he always shines, some backing bands he works with, and some he doesn't. Compounding matters with this recording was that without The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Ninth Edition, I never would have heard of either Arne Domnerus and Bernt Rosengren. But in the interest of filling out my own core collection, I took a chance and bought this CD. It starts out very tentative, and you sort of get the feeling like you do at a boxing match - the guys are testing each other out to see what's what. By the time they hit the second track, one of the most frequently recorded songs in jazz, "Body and Soul", you can't help but feel that Arne and Bernt have found their groove and are swinging the band along with them. It's really sort of magical. They do the listener a favor by sticking with a lot of standards, but none of the songs feel dull or recycled. In fact, I often had to look at the song list after getting lost in a solo or trading bars section, just to remind myself what I was listening to. In fact, this recording seems to constantly be ascending, ending with the brilliant Ellington classic, "Don't Mean a Thing", which swings hard and long and leaves you wanting more. I guess all I can say is that this is a really great jazz recording and it will appeal to a large group of listeners, from Euro-jazz enthusiasts, to standard jazz, to saxophone lovers, and many more in between. I give this a five start plus rating.