Feeling of Jazz

Ken Peplowski, Tommy Newsom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arbors Records
• ASIN: B00000IIR9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,412 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Jazz Music
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Media Type: Compact Disk

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Marvelous Throwback, April 11, 2002

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"mj5" (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Feeling of Jazz (Audio CD)

I stumbled across this album while looking for something else. I was familiar with Ken Peplowski's work and of course I remembered Tommy Newsom from the Carson Tonight Show (more on that later). After listening to the samples, I knew I had to have it. The arrangements here remind me so much of the classic recordings by Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, which I could listen to for hours on end. That's why I call this album a throwback -- they just don't make many records like this anymore. The combination of Tin Pan Alley standards and a swinging style give this album a truly classic feel. I especially enjoyed Tommy's and Ken's take on Horace Silver's "Opus de Funk," Tommy's own "Titter Pipes," and the dreamy Buddy Kaye/Billy Reid ballad "I'll Close My Eyes."

A personal note about Tommy Newsom: Not only is he a top-notch musician and arranger, but he's also a very nice man. Way too many years ago, when the Carson show was taped in New York, my girlfriend and I (on our high school senior trip) were in the lobby of 30 Rock after the show was over. Being musicians, we wanted to meet some of the band members, particularly Doc Severinsen, Ed Shaugnessy, and Tommy. We got our wish, but Tommy actually took a few minutes to chat with a couple of starry-eyed teenagers when I'm sure all he wanted to do was go home and eat dinner. Tommy, if you read this, we appreciated your kindness and remember it to this day.

There's no new ground broken on this album, but who cares? The joy is in listening to Tommy Newsom and Ken Peplowski play off of each other and their bandmates. Enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swinging CD, July 25, 2001

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Norm Jambard (Nashua, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Feeling of Jazz (Audio CD)

I've known Tommy Newsom all the way back when he was in the Air Force music program back in the early fifties. He was the featured tenor man with the Airmen of Note and also wrote some great arrangements for that band. He is a gifted musician and is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Ken Peplowski is also a great tenor man with these two guys on one CD you can't go wrong. Hope Tommy keeps putting out more CDs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two tenors: Double the pleasure, June 22, 2006

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Feeling of Jazz (Audio CD)

This is an absolutely delightful CD matching up two outstanding tenor players interpreting a fine program of well-selected tunes. Both Newsom and Peplowski play gorgeously, producing warm and sensuous sounds in a very swinging context. TITTER PIPES is a Newsom original, a classy tune taken up-tempo that really swings while remaining wonderfully lyrical. Another up-tempo gem is IT'S SAND, MAN, a Buck Clayton composition, that has nice 4 and 8-bar exchanges between the two reedmen. Each plays a slow ballad sans the other man, and you will look long and hard before finding more tender and sublime playing. TOO LATE NOW is also a slow ballad on which both men play, and it too is a beauty. Ben Aranov is a solid, swinging piano player who solos often - perhaps best on his own BENNY'S PENNIES, which also contains a nice lengthy opening drum passage by Chuck Redd. Mike Peters is on guitar, and my only complaint is his use of an unamplified instrument, which, unfortunately, comes across (especially in this extra-warm setting) sounding a bit cold and distant. Other than that, this is a very pleasing and satisfying CD.