Better Days Ahead John Blount

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  • Release Date: 09/04/2007
  • Sales Rank: 163,589
  • Label: SEA BREEZE RECORDS
  • UPC: 017231214427

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Better Days Ahead

1LISTENA Tube of Blues / Harry Appleman 6:32
2LISTENTropicale / Harry Appleman 6:30
3LISTENThe Bad and the Beautiful / Harry Appleman 5:00
4LISTENWest End Blues / Harry Appleman 8:41
5LISTENBetter Days Ahead / Harry Appleman 7:06
6LISTENNaima / Harry Appleman 5:09
7LISTENFire Dance / Harry Appleman 4:37
8LISTENMy One and Only Love / Harry Appleman 5:03
9LISTENOn Green / Harry Appleman 6:25
10LISTENProfile of a Trumpet Player / Harry Appleman 5:10
11LISTENWhen Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go / Harry Appleman 5:06
12LISTENLast Train Home / Harry Appleman 5:10

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Better Days Ahead teams together the outstanding high-note trumpeter John Blount with drummer Dave Tucker and the New Big Band. Actually Blount also plays well in the lower registers but it is difficult to overlook his virtuosity which is very much in evidence on "Firedance" and on many of the other pieces. The orchestra is excellent, with first-class musicianship, rewarding solos particularly by guitarist Rich Roeder and pianist Harry Appleman, and fresh arrangements. Bill Warfield's reworking of Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues" is inspired and there are also charts from Rich Matteson, Glenn Cashman, Tommy Newsom, Gary Lindsay, Allen Vizzutti, Scott Silbert, Andy Weiner and Hank Levy. Ranging from dramatic pieces such as "The Bad and the Beautiful" and "Profile of a Trumpet Player" to a pair of Pat Metheny tunes and some rollicking swingers, this is a set that fans of modern big bands will find easy to enjoy. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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