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Midnight is German trumpeter Till Brönner's fourth date as a leader, recorded while he was still a member of Berlin's RIAS Big Band. Issued originally by Uwe Buschkötter Button Records, it was picked up by Verve when they signed Brönner to a contract that lasted a decade, making this his debut for the label. Produced and arranged by David Mann with his trademark, polished, 1990s sound, Midnight remains an undeserved sleeper in the trumpeter's catalog. It shouldn't be -- Mann's charts are at their most inspired here. The personnel is almost as much a showcase as Brönner: drummer Dennis Chambers, bassist Anthony Jackson, guitarists Dean Brown and Jimi Tunnell, percussionist Manolo Badrena, keyboardist George Whitty (from RIAS Big Band), and Mann on keyboards, programming reeds, and winds. Michael Brecker guests on tenor saxophone. Brönner plays trumpet, flügelhorn, and acoustic piano. The opener is a long, lithe funk reading of Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On," with Brecker and the trumpeter trading fine solos. The title track, co-composed by Brönner and Stefan Raab, is '90s smooth jazz to the hilt, its programmed drums and loops contrast with the languid, melodic, muted trumpet and a popping CTI-style horn chart. The blissed-out wah-wah guitar that establishes the funk in "Highway to Heaven" is a Brönner compositional highlight. Speaking of funk, Whitty's "Reporting from Rangoon" is a bad groover from top to bottom, with nasty clavinet and Mann's canny sense of time and vamp in the horn chart. The version of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" is visionary and reveals the depth of both emotion and sophistication Brönner is capable of as both a melodist and soloist, accompanied by fat, rolling synths and Jackson's rubbery bassline punching up the horns. Chambers' breaks are tight and hot, adding to the tough bottom in an airy arrangement. "Tribeca" is a vehicle for Mann and Brönner to exchange lyric and solo contributions with guest Ned Mann on upright bass. "Racer" commences as a ballad; it features Tunnell's magnificent guitaristry in one of Mann's finer charts. The set closes on "Waiting," a shiny, easy-grooving, lyric funk number. Brönner's flügelhorn winds through the melody with a breezy grace amid more insistent bass, horn, and keyboard elements with Chambers' elastic drumming keeping the overall flow. Midnight is not only a high point in Brönner's catalog, but a shining light in contemporary jazz. Period.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Cleveland, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Jackson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manolo Badrena, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Becker, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George Whitty, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Composer, Trumpet, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Big Band, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - George Whitty, Producer, Keyboards, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
David Mann, Producer, Flute, Keyboards, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Saxophones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Composer, Trumpet, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Till Brönner, Composer, Keyboards, Trumpet, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingo Cramer, Composer, Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer - Jim Tunnel, Producer, Keyboards, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Till Brönner, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Whitty, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Jackson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manolo Badrena, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - George Whitty, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
David Mann, Composer, Producer, Flute, Keyboards, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Livant, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Composer, Trumpet, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Big Band, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Walden, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Georg Arlt, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer - Jim Tunnel, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Motzing, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
David Mann, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Alto Saxophone, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Mann, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Salzman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Heinemann, Composer, Producer, Drums, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music International / Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Till Brönner, Flugelhorn, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer - Jim Tunnel, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Till Brönner, Composer, Trumpet, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Big Band, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Walden, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Whitty, Keyboards, Piano, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ingo Cramer, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Georg Arlt, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer - Jim Tunnel, Producer - Bill Motzing, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Till Brönner, Composer, Flugelhorn, Piano, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Big Band, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Walden, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Whitty, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ingo Cramer, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rolo Rodriguez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Georg Arlt, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Uwe Buschkötter, Producer, Executive Producer - Jim Tunnel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Motzing, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Albumbeschreibung
Midnight is German trumpeter Till Brönner's fourth date as a leader, recorded while he was still a member of Berlin's RIAS Big Band. Issued originally by Uwe Buschkötter Button Records, it was picked up by Verve when they signed Brönner to a contract that lasted a decade, making this his debut for the label. Produced and arranged by David Mann with his trademark, polished, 1990s sound, Midnight remains an undeserved sleeper in the trumpeter's catalog. It shouldn't be -- Mann's charts are at their most inspired here. The personnel is almost as much a showcase as Brönner: drummer Dennis Chambers, bassist Anthony Jackson, guitarists Dean Brown and Jimi Tunnell, percussionist Manolo Badrena, keyboardist George Whitty (from RIAS Big Band), and Mann on keyboards, programming reeds, and winds. Michael Brecker guests on tenor saxophone. Brönner plays trumpet, flügelhorn, and acoustic piano. The opener is a long, lithe funk reading of Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On," with Brecker and the trumpeter trading fine solos. The title track, co-composed by Brönner and Stefan Raab, is '90s smooth jazz to the hilt, its programmed drums and loops contrast with the languid, melodic, muted trumpet and a popping CTI-style horn chart. The blissed-out wah-wah guitar that establishes the funk in "Highway to Heaven" is a Brönner compositional highlight. Speaking of funk, Whitty's "Reporting from Rangoon" is a bad groover from top to bottom, with nasty clavinet and Mann's canny sense of time and vamp in the horn chart. The version of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" is visionary and reveals the depth of both emotion and sophistication Brönner is capable of as both a melodist and soloist, accompanied by fat, rolling synths and Jackson's rubbery bassline punching up the horns. Chambers' breaks are tight and hot, adding to the tough bottom in an airy arrangement. "Tribeca" is a vehicle for Mann and Brönner to exchange lyric and solo contributions with guest Ned Mann on upright bass. "Racer" commences as a ballad; it features Tunnell's magnificent guitaristry in one of Mann's finer charts. The set closes on "Waiting," a shiny, easy-grooving, lyric funk number. Brönner's flügelhorn winds through the melody with a breezy grace amid more insistent bass, horn, and keyboard elements with Chambers' elastic drumming keeping the overall flow. Midnight is not only a high point in Brönner's catalog, but a shining light in contemporary jazz. Period.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:35
- Main artists: Till Brönner
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Boutique
- Genre: Jazz
© 2009 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 2009 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
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