Jazzy easy listening with a classical touch and a good dab of Bill Evans could describe the way, Dutch pianist Van Dyke aproaches a popular repertoire of mostly contemporary pop and soundtrack tunes from Michel Legrand, Lennon/McCartney, Bacharach/David and the like.
Two jazz tunes, John Lewis' "Django" and the surprising choice of Blossom Dearie's "Sweet Georgie Fame", fit in seamlessly, as does Fauré's "Pavane" - not least due to the fluent, elegant, classically trained playing of the pianst.
This is an all-ballad programme with not too much improvisation, although all players were known for their jazz chops. Only on "Django" does Van Dyke stretch out a little more, showing that he can play the blues, too.
I've learned that Jacques Schols and John Engels are among Dutch's most admired jazz musicians and are still active today - as is Louis Van Dyke, who has played both classical music and jazz throughout his career.
If you like some perfect late-night, don't-annoy-me-with-your-avantgarde-noodling listening, you will enjoy this. Don't expect any heavy swinging stuff, though.
Louis Van Dyke: Pavane
CBS (NL) S7-63811, 1969
A1 Pavane (Based on a Theme by Gabriel Fauré) 4:35
A2 Catherine's Theme (Francis Lai) 5:00
A3 The Windmills Of My Mind (Michel Legrand/Eddy Marnay/M. & A. Bergman) 4:30
A4 By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Jim Webb) 4:25
B1 The Fool On The Hill (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 4:15
B2 Sweet Georgie Fame (Blossom Dearie/S. Harris) 3:45
B3 I Will Wait For You (Michel Legrand/Jacques Demy/Norman Gimbel) 3:10
B4 Django (John Lewis) 4:00
B5 What The World Needs Now Is Love (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) 3:00
Louis Van Dyke (p) Jacques Schols (b) John Engels (d)
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This is right up my alley, PR. No wonder I missed you while you were gone! Many thanks, as always.
Glad you like it, Phillip.
That is some understated stuff with a capitol "U". I'm sure it's probably a pretty rare one as well. Thanks LPR.
Hiddily-ho El Porco.
Glad to see you're taking another kick at the can...3rd time's a charm.
Love Pavane, so I'll explore this further.
Thx!
BTW, I noticed Yahoo pulled the chain on that dandy audio player I use at Jazzy's. I grabbed the code and host it on my weebly.com host - works fine now. (If interested, the discussion is here
Kris,
from what i know, it's at least vinyl-only and Dutch-only.
It's not pricey, though.
Orbyt,
nice to see you around.
Good to know about the player, very helpful to include a sample in a post, especially if there's nothing on youtube.
perfectly fitting a warm and quiet summer night, a wonderful listen. Many thanks, dear Mr. Rojo, i share Orbyt's appreciation for your precious resistence!
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