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CD Reviews: Russ Kassoff, “Somewhere”
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Posted by: adminon Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 04:26 AM |
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By Edward Blanco
Accomplished jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Russ Kassoff who has performed with some of the biggest names in show business (Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin), releases a new album of warm and delightful material with the mid-tempo sounds in Somewhere. Recorded with a trio, Kassoff’s other band mates include bassist Martin Wind and drummer Tim Horner. Together they form a tight group producing a rhythm-based gentle sound that captures your soul.
Kassoff provides all of the arrangements and four original compositions (“A Sackets Sunset,” “You Are All The World To Me,” “Samba du Sackets”and“I Remember”). The rest of the tunes, on this twelve track set, are a selection of pop/jazz standards from some of the greatest composers in history (George & Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein and Rodgers & Hart).
Kassoff starts off in an impressive style with a key-pounding performance on the head-bopping rhythm of “Look For The Silver Lining.” There’s a delicious interpretation of Bernstein’s famous West Side Story tune and title cut “Somewhere.” Two of the leaders own compositions, “A Sackets Sunset” and “You Are All The World To Me,” are beautiful slow ballads played to the heart by Kassoff in a shining performance on piano. He plays some jazzy chords on Ellington’s “Love You Madly.” There are a lot of fine charts on this disc which finishes with the familiar Peter Seeger pop classic, “Where Have All The Flowers Gone,” which is all Kassoff on the keys.
An album of beautiful music that appeals to ones lighter side, Somewhere delivers an enchanting seventy minutes of mellow magic by a master of the piano. Kassoff succeeds in making an elegant musical statement with a powerful performance. An album you will listen to often.
Label: Self Published
Year: 2006
Artist Website: www.russkassoff.com
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