Ray Anderson- Marching On (CD)
A trombone solo album is not exactly an everyday commodity, because the instrument is considered somewhat bulky, unwieldy and grumpy. In the hand of a master like Ray Anderson, however, one wonders how these prejudices could have come about, because he simply makes music with the trombone. "I've had this idea in my head since I started playing solo concerts in 1982," Ray Anderson recalled. "Anthony Braxton recorded the solo record 'For Alto' in 1969, where the challenge of playing an instrument alone without accompaniment is particularly interesting. So why not on the trombone too? Albert Mangelsdorff has recorded beautiful solo albums, and that by George Lewis is also very inspiring."
Tracklist:
- Keep Your Heart Right
- Marching On
- Just Squeeze Me
- Early Morning In the Andersonorius Jungle
- Equinox
- You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me
- Choppers
- Sisyphus Effect
- Moon River
A trombone solo album is not exactly an everyday commodity, because the instrument is considered somewhat bulky, unwieldy and grumpy. In the hand of a master like Ray Anderson, however, one wonders how these prejudices could have come about, because he simply makes music with the trombone. "I've had this idea in my head since I started playing solo concerts in 1982," Ray Anderson recalled. "Anthony Braxton recorded the solo record 'For Alto' in 1969, where the challenge of playing an instrument alone without accompaniment is particularly interesting. So why not on the trombone too? Albert Mangelsdorff has recorded beautiful solo albums, and that by George Lewis is also very inspiring."
Tracklist:
- Keep Your Heart Right
- Marching On
- Just Squeeze Me
- Early Morning In the Andersonorius Jungle
- Equinox
- You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me
- Choppers
- Sisyphus Effect
- Moon River