Relaxin With Horace [Import]

Horace Parlan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Stunt
• ASIN: B0002XL21Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,707 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the sound of kindred spirits, December 26, 2004

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Joseph P. Reel (Pacific Grove, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Relaxin With Horace (Audio CD)

Scandinavian bass player Jesper Lundgaard gave listeners a lovely present in December, 2003 (released September, 2004) when he recorded Horace Parlan in the relaxed, intimate atmosphere of Parlan's Copenhagen home, where he has lived since 1973.

Although enjoyable anytime, it has become one of my favorite "Sunday morning" CDs. Initially, I felt it might be a little too slowly paced. Upon repeated listening, however, I realized that the then 72-year-old Parlan had nothing to prove. Rather, he was simply sharing the pleasure of playing with his band mates Lundgaard and Ed Thigpen (a fellow American expatriate) without the need to indulge in grandstanding or pyrotechnics. The trio plays a well-balanced selection of evergreens with a subtlety and finesse that never degenerates into stereotypic "smooth jazz," and becomes more appreciated over time. The session concludes with "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out," played with more whimsy than sentimentality

The recording quality is so impeccable that you may very well feel like you're sitting and relaxing in the Parlan living room pictured in the CD booklet. Thanks, Horace, for inviting us into your home. I hope you'll have us back again sometime.