Tour de Force

Nick Brignola | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reservoir Records
• ASIN: B00005YD7H
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,141 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Backwoods Song

2. Local Motion

3. Donna Lee

4. In Your Own Sweet Way

5. Centerpiece

6. Labyrinth

7. V.I.

8. I Should Care

9. Indigo Rays

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love Nick Brignola, January 8, 2011

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jazz lover since 1960 (Tampa, Fl. and Franklin, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tour de Force (Audio CD)

You can see my reviews of 3 other Nick Brignola recordings to see that I consider Nick to be the best baritone sax player that ever was.Live at Sweet Basil-First Set and Things Ain't What They Used to Be: Last Set at Sweet Basil and Like Old Times. My review of this recording is no different. 5 stars to Nick for this recording, which I believe is his last. He recorded it in 2000, two years before his death at age 65 in 2002.
Some of his other recordings that I treasure, "On a Different Level" and "Flight of the Eagle" I feel I don't have to review because other reviewers agree with me and gave those recordings 5 stars. So I hope you are impressed enough to give them all a hearing.
This recording features musicians Nick worked with alot: , marvelous guitarist Chuck D'Aloia; star bassist Eddie Gomez; and drummer Bill Stewart. Percussionist Cafe was added on 3 numbers.
Nick never rested on his laurels. He played hard bop with the best, but did add more modern sounding numbers to his recordings. You get a mix of standards and new compositions. You will enjoy this. Farewell Nick, and thank you for the treasures you left us.