Artist................... Rick Braun
Album.....................Yours Truly
Label.....................Artizen
Genre.....................Jazz
Release...................12/30/2005
Street....................10/25/2005
Encoder...................LAME 3.97 beta
Quality...................--aps 44.1kHz/joint
# NAME TiME
01. Shining Star 03:28
02. Holdin' Back the Years 04:38
03. Love's Theme 04:33
04. All Around the World 04:56
05. Walk on the Wild Side 04:03
06. Daughters 05:06
07. Groove is in the Heart 04:34
08. Kiss of Life 04:46
09. What Are You Doing with the Rest of 04:52
Your Life
10. Sao Paulo 04:21
With Yours Truly Rick Braun broadens his audience
appeal with smooth "jazzpects" of such pop and R&B
covers as "Shining Star," "Holdin' Back the Years,"
"Love's Theme," "All Around the World," and
"Daughters," among others. His muted trumpeting on
Earth, Wind & Fire's mega-hit "Shining Star" opens the
program and sets the cool, laid-back tone of the set.
This cool, laid-back feeling has put Braun in the ring
with the best of the world's greatest trumpeters. On
"Holdin' Back the Years," his modern traditional
approach gives listeners a sense of deep and undulating
relaxation. His fluid-like state of inner joy surfaces
in such appealing riffs that you simply forget you're
listening to a CD. On "Love's Theme" the addition of
Braun's trumpet voice to Craig Sharmat's skillful
orchestral arrangement induces a state of complete
harmony. "All Around the World" is an inspired odyssey.
Rick Braun uses a melodic search for the woman in this
man's warm stream of memories. Throughout the song,
Braun gently pours a relaxed torrent of notes into a
groove-infused synthesis of guitars, bass, and
percussion offered by Ross Bolton, David Dyson, and
Lenny Castro. "Daughters," which features Jeff Golub,
is absolutely beautiful and renders a sensation of
tranquility. "Groove Is in the Heart" offers an
up-tempo, funky change of pace and creativity. Braun's
playing is definitely sexy, supple, and energetic. He
is especially romantic on this rendition of "What Are
You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" David Benoit's
beautiful piano and string arrangements tug at your
heart and make this song the perfect mood-setter for
falling in love and popping the magic question to
someone special. Craig Sharmat's "heartbeat" effect
really adds a subtle difference to this gorgeous
ballad. Although this particular recording excludes
original compositions by Braun and the ultra-fiery
blowing heard on his Grammy-winning duet recording with
Boney James titled Shake It Up, fear not. This is
classic Rick Braun in a mellow, melodic mood,
transporting listeners with the rich tones of his muted
trumpet voice through the musical landscape of his
life. Highly recommended.
Proper Notes:
The MS release is missing the last track, Sao Paulo.
It is not labled as promo or advance, so this is
why we tagged as Proper_Retail.
We use LAME 3.97 now, which is approved.
45:17 min
55,2 Mb