artist : Bob Dorough
title : Too Much Coffee Man
date : 2000
label : Blue Note
genre : Jazz
cat# : n/a
release date: 08.29.2007
street date : 04.11.2000
tracks : 12
bitrate : avg. 191kbps
size : 76,5 MB
source : CDDA
type : Album
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There's no decaf on Too Much Coffee Man, Bob Dorough's second
album for Blue Note. But there is plenty of bouquet, flavor,
and remarkable stylistic diversity. Dorough is 76,
idiosyncratic, goofy, and creative. He worked with Miles
Davis decades ago; he's also worked with Blossom Dearie, Art
Farmer, and John Zorn. Dorough's voice is nasal, penetrating,
and conversational; the way he stretches a tune to maximize
its impact and his obvious camaraderie with technically
dizzying players such as Phil Woods, Ray Drummond, Billy Hart
and Jamey Haddad is exceptional in its naturalness. A natural
all the way, Dorough is as authoritative on love ballads such
as "There's Never Been a Day" as on novelty songs, like Dave
Frishberg's "Oklahoma Toad." But it's not his style alone
that's so striking, it's his sensibility. Dorough has been
many emotional places and is eager to tell their stories. At
times, his attitude evokes Randy Newman, and his eclecticism
suggests a more worldly, slightly more commercial Van Dyke
Parks. Dorough is energetic. Check the way he effortlessly
integrates samba into the cutting "Marilyn" (a relative of
Dylan's "Leopardskin Pillbox Hat"). Despite his debonair
delivery, he also can transmit deep emotion. Perhaps the best
example is "Where Is the Song?," one of the meditations on
transience that mark the latter half of this notable album.
Here, Dorough negotiates a tricky rhythm, stepping between
the stones of a marvelous Woods obbligato as the rhythm
section underlines his storyline of missed, yearned-for
connections. The album ends with "Late in the Century,"
Dorough's nosegay to the late, lamented 19th century. It's a
plea for patience and tolerance, replete with Hammond B3, a
sweet chorus, and Dorough's rubato piano. The tune looks
backward and forward, like Dorough himself.
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01-the coffee song 03:58
02-wake up sally, it's saturday 03:53
03-there's never been a day 04:20
04-i've got just about everything 05:58
05-oklahoma toad 02:33
06-too much coffee man 02:55
07-fish for supper 05:14
08-marilyn, queen of lies 04:05
09-yesterday, i made you breakfast 04:57
10-where is the song 05:54
11-love (webster's definition) 05:36
12-late in the century 04:29
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53:52 min