Five Star

Brass Connection | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Label: Jazz Alliance
• ASIN: B000005HJ4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Not All a Dream

2. Get Out and Stay Out!!

3. Song for a Special Lady

4. Night After Night After Night

5. Whenever I'm Alone With You

6. When Your Lover Has Gone

7. Airegin

8. Stella

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely FANTASTIC!, October 7, 2003

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Dr. Christopher Coleman (HONG KONG) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Five Star (Audio CD)

In "A Five Star Edition" the Canadian trombone quintet plus rhythm section is joined (one at a time) by trombone giants Carl Fontana, Jiggs Whigham, and Bill Watrous. Brass Connection is a terrific group (see my review of their CD "Standards"), but when these special soloists join in, they reach stellar heights. My favorites are the ballad "Song for a Special Lady" (which features not one of the three soloists mentioned above, but the Brass Connection's lead player Ian McDougall, who has a gorgeous buttery sound), "Airegin" (an uptempo number featuring a lot of unison bebop trombone ensemble and soloist Jiggs Whigham), and "Stella", where Carl Fontana, no spring chicken at the time of this recording, proves he can still leave anybody in the dust. It's a bit of a shame that there wasn't at least one track that all the soloists played on together, but nonetheless, this is a superior album. Even more than "Standards", "A Five Star Edition" is a true must-have for BeBop lovers, trombonists, and jazz fans in general.