Most Valuable Player

Nat Baldwin

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Broken Sparrow Records
• ASIN: B00144H022
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #295,243 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A ferociously bowed double bass, a singer with a flair for the melismatic, several dudes with an interest in free jazz, a chorus in 3/4, a verse in 5/4, an expert drummer who shows us the interchangeability over time of the two, a romantic guitar solo, harmonics like diamonds, a twelve-string guitar like a flock of big, angry birds, something borrowed from Motown, horns played as carefully as this song is sung soulfully (very), the fraught repetition of the nonsensical noun phrase- dome branches. These are but some of the elements of one of the finer songs on one of the very finest albums this year will see. --Saidthegramophone.com

Product Description

Most Valuable Player is the new solo album from the ex-Dirty Projector. Produced by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, it's been called 'one of the finest albums this year will see' by Said the Gramophone. The double bassist's past work has garnered high reviews from Pitchfork Media and he is planning on extensive touring to support this new release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Great voice, great sound, May 1, 2008

By	Samuel McDermott - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There's no good way to describe this music that won't make it sound like a joke or a bad experiment. My first attempt at writing this review started: "Nat Baldwin plays the double voice and sings like a yodeling chazzan." That being said, yodeling chazzans playing double bass in front of brass bands can make extremely sincere and beautiful music.

This is definitely not for everyone, but those with open ears and open minds will find plenty to like. It's hard to get a firm grasp on this music at times, and it's hard to write an effective review. I'd recommend starting with "The Felled Trees," "One Two Three," and the closer "Look She Said."