Trombone for Lovers
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| Trombone for Lovers | ||||
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| Released | 2013 | |||
| Studio | Club House; Kaleidoscope Sound; NYC Labor Chorus's Rehearsal Space; Potterville International Sound; Studio IRG | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:00:39 | |||
| Label | Sunnyside SSC 1369 | |||
| Producer | Ivan Rubenstein-Gillis, Roswell Rudd | |||
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Trombone for Lovers is an album by trombonist Roswell Rudd featuring Rudd playing well-known tunes in a broad range of ensemble contexts, with varying personnel. It was recorded at various locations, and was released by Sunnyside Records in 2013.[1][2]
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| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters |   [3] |
In a review for PopMatters, Brent Faulkner wrote: "Track after track, Rudd's musicianship and sharpness impresses, making Trombone for Lovers shine radiantly."[3]
David Whiteis of Jazz Times stated: "Rudd's timbral and emotional range is as diverse as ever, and his gnarled imprecations keep pop ballads... and novelty-tinged offerings... from getting too cute."[4]
Writing for Latin Jazz Net, Raul Da Gama described the album as "a look at timeless standards, by which he has made them timeless again, re-creating them completely with all their ageless beauty, making them ripple through the flesh and the bone; through body and soul, touching the very nerve endings of the body with notes that are charged with emotion in every muted growl and angular human smear."[5]
Tom Hull commented: "With the 'Joe Hill' suite at the end, this could have been called Trombone for the Masses: I don't mind the rapper there but the NYC Labor Choir takes some getting used to even though I feel like saluting the political point. Everything else is just superb."[6]
Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News remarked: "Here is one of the goofiest jazz discs you'll encounter in a while. All of Rudd's muting – with plungers and otherwise – can't disguise the cognitive dissonance of his use of the trombone as yearning instrument of love."[7]
