Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

The plan was for a quasi jazz American songbook. The result is a wonderfully  distinct accomplishment where Don Marshall and his alto saxophone take you through a great list of popular, indelible songs in a way you can enjoy and won't soon forget. 

Marshall's idea was to use his saxophone to "play the words" to songs usually delivered by vocalists. He even had the lyrics available to be sure to respond on sax. He did that, to the point that after a few songs, and during three recording sessions, the words were all matched, having a sax "enunciating the words/lyrics as would a vocalist." The results are of a rich, musical pastoral quality with beautiful sounds piled on more beautiful sounds in vibrant arrangements, all in tune with tasteful volume.  The uniquely smooth blends are quite different for these times, all about tone, assonance and resulting in  chords and harmonies.


In My Life

Gentle Rain

In Trutina

I'll Be Seeing You

Stardust

Dindi

Alfie

What's New

Here's That Rainy Day

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