CD Album

Ballads

Don Menza & Frank Strazzeri

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US$ 14.39

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Release Date	March 24, 2021
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Product Details

Catalog No.	YZMS-1054
JAN/ISBN	4940603029137
Product Type	CD
Number of Discs	1
Label/Distributor	Tokuma Japan Communications

Running Time	54minutes

Credits

Description

[Machine Translation] A sturdy tenor saxophone and a fluid piano bring out the depth of the ballads in this duo. Don Menza is a saxophonist who has honed his skills with many orchestras, including Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, and Buddy Rich. This album is a collection of duo ballads with his close friend, pianist Frank Strazelli. Both Menza and Strazelli are well known as balladeers, and the content is nothing short of superb. Perhaps it is the Italian blood that runs in both of them, but they showcase their full of singing spirit, starting with the very well-known songs (4) and (10). Enjoy this blissful collaboration, praised by critic and lyricist Jean Rhys as "warm and soft and gentle and moving.

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Description in Japanese

バラッズ / ドン・メンザ & フランク・ストラゼリ

骨太テナー・サックスと流麗ピアノが、デュオでバラードの深みを表現。メイナード・ファーガソン、スタン・ケントン、バディ・リッチなど数多くのオーケストラで腕を磨いたサックス奏者がドン・メンザです。このアルバムは盟友のピアニスト、フランク・ストラゼリとのデュオによるバラード集。メンザもストラゼリもバラードの名手として知られるだけに、内容は極上の一言に尽きます。ふたりに流れるイタリアの血がそうさせるのでしょうか、(4)や(10)などの超有名曲を筆頭に、溢れんばかりの歌心を披露します。評論家で作詞家としても知られるジーン・リースが、"warm and soft and gentle and moving"と賞賛した至福のコラボレーションを、ご堪能ください。

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Tracklisting

1	/ Frank Strazzeri Penthouse Serenade / Frank Strazzeri
2	/ Frank Strazzeri My Foolish Heart / Frank Strazzeri
3	/ Frank Strazzeri You’re My Thrill / Frank Strazzeri
4	/ Frank Strazzeri Over the Rainbow / Frank Strazzeri
5	/ Frank Strazzeri Darn That Dream / Frank Strazzeri
6	/ Frank Strazzeri Soultrane / Frank Strazzeri
7	/ Frank Strazzeri More than You Know / Frank Strazzeri
8	/ Frank Strazzeri It’s You or No One / Frank Strazzeri
9	/ Frank Strazzeri Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry / Frank Strazzeri
10	/ Frank Strazzeri Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / Frank Strazzeri
11	/ Frank Strazzeri What’s New / Frank Strazzeri
12	/ Frank Strazzeri Blues in the Dark / Frank Strazzeri