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Till Brönner / Dieter Ilg: Nightfall
ByEven with its reinvented, slow bluesy theme, Leonard Cohen's "A Thousand Kisses Deep" is a bit livelier than the composer's original, and more imaginative than the 2003 Chris Botti straight-ahead trumpet cover. Ornette Coleman's "The Fifth of Beethoven" is given a rounder feel with Brönner's flugelhorn sounding richer than Coleman's upper register alto sax, and Ilg does a more than respectable job of covering Charlie Haden's part. The title trackone of three penned by the duois a beautifully moody piece that sets up a cleverly updated take on the Kern-Hammerstein standard "Nobody Else But Me." The diverse set includes the Lennon-McCartney classic "Eleanor Rigby," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Air" and yet another rendition of "Body and Soul"fortunately, an inventive version.
Brönner has often been compared to Chet Baker and clearly self-identifies with the classification. His Chattin' With Chet (Universal Music, 2000) pays homage to Baker andto a lesser extentDizzy Gillespie. The varied material on Nightfall allows for a broader perspective of Brönner's sound, and approach, to very different musical situations. From the stunningly forlorn sacred music of the renaissance ("Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade") to somewhat agitating pop hits like the will.i.am/Britney Spears' "Scream & Shout," or the duo's abstract original, "Wetterstein," Brönner and Ilg are adaptable to whatever ingredients they have added to the menu. Nightfall isn't earth-shaking but it shines at times and is never less than entertaining.
Track Listing
A Thousand Kisses Deep; The Fifth of Beethoven; Nightfall; Nobody Else but Me; Air; Scream & Shout; Wetterstein; Eleanor Rigby; Peng! Peng!; Body and Soul; Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade.
Personnel
Till Bronner
trumpetTill Brönner: trumpet, flugelhorn; Dieter Ilg: bass.
Album information
Title: Nightfall | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Sony Music
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