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Bobby Shew Metropole Orchestra |
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I've been referred to as
an "incurable
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I think most horn players have, of
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romantic". I don't know... MAYBE!
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doing a string album someday
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I can tell you that there is a part of
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before we leave this earth!
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me that does, in fact, seek out
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moments of romance in music,...
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no matter what tunes, where, with
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whom.
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When I was a child first being
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exposed to jazz, I loved the "feel" of
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this music, I loved the emotion of it,
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I loved the energy of it... but, I loved
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the beauty. I wore out copies of
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Clifford with strings, Stan Getz'
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"COOL VELVET", the soundtrack
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album to "THE SANDPIPER" with
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Jack Sheldon playing those gor-
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Lex Jasper |
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geous Johnny Mandel charts.plus
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This recording with the outstanding
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many other string albums I managed
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METROPOLE ORCHESTRA far
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to find. I guess if I'm an incurable
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exceeds my wildest dreams. The
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romantic, it's because I dreamt, as
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real bulk of the credit here goes to
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Lex Jasper who really honored me
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find a more powerful and consistent |
with the first impetus to perform
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player (or a nicer guy). High at the |
with the METROPOLE ORCHE-
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top of the list of "thank-yous", is
Jan |
STRA. His writing is absolutely
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van Riemsdyk, the producer of |
magic...!
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these sessions. I'll never be able
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He wrote for me specifically and
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thank him enough for the invitation |
I've never felt more comfortable.
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to do the recordings as well as his |
The "BALLAD FOR BOBBY"
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efforts to make
the music available |
touched me so deeply, it was almost
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on this CD. Similarly, thanks to Thi- |
difficult to play it past my
emotional
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lo Berg for a willingness to press |
reaction to the first reading. Rob
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and release it. |
Pronk is masterful in rehearsing
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and conducting the music to
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Finally, l can think of no better dedi- |
perfection. The musicians, as you
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cation for this music than to my |
can hear, are first-class in everymet
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wife, Lisa. I'm so fortunate to have |
respect and quite fun and easy to
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her, fallen in love with her, and |
work with. I must add an extra "tip of
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had the good sense to ask her hand |
the hat" to the outstanding lead
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in marriage. I can't imagine my life |
trumpet playing of my dear friend
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without her. She truly is MY ONE |
Jan Oosthof. It would be difficult to
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AND ONLY LOVE. |
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Bobby Shew, Feb. 1995 |
metropole orchestra
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1. MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE (Guy Wood) 7:05
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2. SPEAK LOW (Kurt Weil) 6:34
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3. NADALIN (Bobby Shew) 4:44
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4. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT (Cootie WilliamsHTielonious) 7:04
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5. JOY SPRING (Clifford Brown) 3:42
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6. BALLAD FOR BOBBY (Lex Jasper) 6:10
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7. WITH A SONG IN MY HEART (Richard Rodgers) 4:32
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8. HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY (Jimmy van Heusen) 4:34
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9. YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING (Harry Warren) 3:32
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10. WALTZ FOR DEBBY (Bill Evans) 5:15
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All compositions arranged by Lex Jasper, soundmixer: Hugh den Ouden and Tony Nolle
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BOBBY SHEW, trumpet, soundengineers: Gert de Bmijn and Wim van
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The METROPOLE ORCHESTRA under the den Berg
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direction of ROB PRONK. Re-mix: Fritz Heieck
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Producer for the NOS: Jan van Riemsdyk Album design: Fotosatz Burkhart.
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Album producer: Thilo Berg Recorded on Dec. 16th '86 and Nov. 24th '88,
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