Search - Warren Vache :: Songs Our Fathers Taught Us

Warren Vache performs here with Jacob Fischer on guitar, Neal Minor on bass and Steve Williams on drums. Improvisation requires as much knowledge as it does trust and these musicians know how to both support and inspire each other. Let's all pause for just a moment a contemplate what it would be like to live in a home in which your dad taught you to play jazz standards. In this case, what cornetist Warren Vaché remembers are the 78-rpm shellac recordings that his dad had saved up lunch money to buy when he was a schoolboy, and which he played on the family's record player every Saturday morning as Vaché was growing up. ''Melancholy Baby,'' ''Slow Boat to China,'' ''Blue Room,'' like that. Vaché plays these tunes in a soft and gentle way, even on the up-tempo numbers; there's fire in his energy and tone, but cool restraint in his arrangements and phrasing. He's accompanied by acoustic guitarist Jacob Fischer, bassist Neal Miner, and drummer Steve Williams-though the drums lay out for long stretches on this album, contributing to the overall feeling of relaxed warmth. Very, very nice. Rick Anderson CD HotList April 2019