Rainbow Mountain

Lew Soloff, Lew Soloff & Company | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 32. Jazz Records
• ASIN: B00004UAOU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,193 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Quiero No Puedo

2. Starmaker

3. Susie

4. Rainbow Mountain

5. Don't Speak

6. Up from the Skies

7. Born on the Bayou

8. Tout Va Lews

9. Stairway to Heaven

10. Frog Legs

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

Trumpeter Lew Soloff keeps excellent company: saxophonist/flutist "Blue" Lou Marini, guitarist Joe Beck, bassist Mark Egan, and drummer Danny Gottlieb, his regular band, are on all but the title track here. They cover a fairly wide range of moods and styles, from the gorgeous, bittersweet Marini ballad "Don't Speak" (shades of 1980s Miles Davis) to Egan's funky "Frog Legs" to covers of classic-rock warhorses "Stairway to Heaven," "Up from the Skies," "Susie Q," and "Born on the Bayou." The only misstep is the opening track, Marini's harshly grating Latin tune "Quiero no Puedo."

The leader is a delightfully fluent improvisor, of course, and does some of his best work with the mute in, whether unleashing liquid bebop lines or emphasizing subtle timbres. Marini delivers equal measures of guts and grace, while the underrated Beck nearly steals the spotlight with his distinctive voicings and floating tone (perfect for the two Creedence Clearwater Revival covers). Egan and Gottlieb, who're seemingly joined at the hip, are lithe and flexible yet rock-solid.

The title track, with a completely different band, seems to have wandered in from another album. It has: a beat redolent of Brazilian carnival drumming, compliments of Jeff "Tain" Watts; fat, bubbling underpinning from bassists Will Lee and Chulo; funky comping and a few screaming solos from guitarist Hiram Bullock; a Milton Nascimento-like, wordless vocal from Delmar Brown (doubling on synthesizer); trumpeter Miles Evans joining with Soloff for a brassy sound; and tasteful Hammond B-3 from Paul Shaffer unobtrusively filling out the texture. This is definitely the disc's most fusion-y moment, and it works well as a change of pace. The disc as a whole is nicely sequenced and varied, and the subtle musicianship of veteran players pervades every track.

--Steve Holtje, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rainbow Mountain - to the Summit, October 2, 2000

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Robert B. Sturges (Naperville, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rainbow Mountain (Audio CD)

Just received Lew Soloff's Latest Release Lew Soloff and Company, "Rainbow Mountain". This CD is a mix of rock, jazz, R&B, and fusion. The cuts on this CD will get you snapping your fingers and tapping your toes. This CD is reminiscint of what the Jazz/Rock, Fusion bands and Horn Rock bands of the 70s sounded like when the horns let loose. The title track, "Rainbow Mountain" has a very contemporary sound. Lew's quintet is augmented by 6 other very talented musicians to give a really full sound in the groove.

Solos by Soloff and Lou Marini are exciting and fun on all cuts. The rhythm section, Pat Metheny Group veterans - Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb keeps things driving home througout the CD. Joe Beck's guitar pulls it all together.

Recommended addition to any jazz fan's collection.

Bob Sturges

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST from the best., May 25, 2007

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L. Grisham "saxu4euh" (WDC) - See all my reviews
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Absolutely the BEST Lew Soloff recording ever released. Great mix. Great arrangements, great musicians. You will love this CD.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LEW SOLOFF - RAINBOW MOUNTAIN CD, October 1, 2008

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R. Turchetti (Naples,Italy) - See all my reviews
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Small price , perfect item , USA to Italy in 15 days , PERFECT !!!