Search - Roswell Rudd :: Broad Strokes

A beautiful album

06/11/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have only had this album 2 days and I will bet I have already listened to it five or six times.Rudd's musical personality is a paradoxical mix of quirkiness and down-to-earth soul. This is jazz at its most human; the players are playing for the love of the music. You will hear many familiar riffs in very fresh ways. The lyrics are funny and charming. The version of Costello's Almost Blue is a spacy funeral march. The Ellington numbers get the awe inspiring intimacy that Duke always got from his band. How about that track with Sonic Youth? This album will be there when critics and music fans compile their "Best of 2000" lists."

Entertaining and inspiring ballads from Roswell Rudd

Mrs. Lori J. Fredrics | UK | 09/12/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There are a wealth of treats on this album ranging from the amusing bossa "Sassy and Dolphy" to the inspiring composition "The Light" featuring a stunning vocal by Sheila Jordan.

Broad Strokes is certainly worth checking out for the collaboration between Rudd and Sonic Youth on "The Theme from Babe"( based on Saint-Saens 3 )alone .

I also have a soft spot for the Motown-y "Stokey" which celebrates Stoke Newington, perhaps in part because I am familiar with North London neighborhood.

Long time listeners of Roswell Rudd will be pleased to hear his interpretation of the Monk tune "Coming on the Hudson".

Broad Strokes indeed!"