Will & Rainbow - Harmony (SACD)
Acoustic and electric piano – Will Boulware
Vocals – Phoebe Snow (2)
Drums – Steve Gadd [click here to see more vinyl featuring Steve Gadd]
Guitar – Peter Bernstein
Bass – Anthony Jackson
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker (1, 9)
Arranged by Will Boulware
Written by Will Boulware (5, 10), John Carisi (1), Ernest Isley (6), Marvin Isley (6), O'Kelly Isley (6), Ronald Isley (6), Rudolph Isley (6), Keith Jarrett (3), Carole King (2), Gerald Goffin (2), Herbie Hancock (7), John Abercrombie (8), Richard Jones (9), Horace Silver (4)
1 SACD, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : Eighty-Eight's
Original Label : Eighty-Eight's
Recorded January 26 & 27, 2003 at Avatar Studios, New York City and at Sony Music Studio on February 18, 2003
Engineered by David Baker, Yoshihiro Suzuki
Produced by Yasohachi "88" Itoh
Mastered by Koji "C-chan" Suzuki
Liner notes by Yohzo Iwanami
Photography by John Abbott and Tadayuki Naito (cover)
Originally released in 2002
Tracks:
- Israel
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- Rainbow
- Peace
- New And Old
- For The Love Of You
- One Finger Snap
- Foolish Door
- Trouble In Mind
- Kentucky
Reviews:
“For Will & Rainbow’s Harmony, keyboardist Will Boulware gathered an ad hoc group of fellow session men including drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Anthony Jackson and jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein. Everything’s perfectly in sync, but, unfortunately, with professionalism comes sterility. And for all Boulware’s good instincts, smooth-jazz versions of “Israel,” Horace Silver’s “Peace” and Herbie Hancock’s “One Finger Snap,” among other bids for serious attention, don’t bring needed color to this rainbow. Tellingly, for all the instrumental heavyweights onboard, a singer steals the show: Phoebe Snow contributes expressive readings of the Isley Brothers hit “For the Love of You,” Carole King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and the venerable blues standard “Trouble in Mind.”” JazzTimes Review by Steve Futterman
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.33 / 5