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For The Last Time (CD)

By: Ruby Braff (Artist)

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DISC 1 for For The Last Time (CD) Album By Ruby Braff (Artist)
1   Sometimes I'm Happy
2   Why Shouldn't I?
3   Just You, Just Me
4   I Want A Little Girl
5   Rockin' Chair
 
DISC 2 for For The Last Time (CD) Album By Ruby Braff (Artist)
1   Dinah
2   Yesterdays
3   Man I Love, The
4   Man With A Horn, The
5   Indiana
 

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Review

Down Beat (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "FOR THE LAST TIME proves how engaging and vibrant this sweet-toned trumpeter could not only engage an audience but keep the musical moods moving."
JazzTimes (p.67) - "[I]t reveals a group of musicians listening closely to each other as well as to their obvious leader. That leader remains a distinctive soloist himself, still finding interesting variations on the familiar tunes, and he shows a particular affinity for playing with Hamilton."

Title Note

Personnel: Ruby Braff (cornet); Jon Wheatley (guitar); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); John Bunch (piano); Dave Green (bass instrument); Steve Brown (drums).

Audio Mixers: Dave Bennett; Bryan Shaw.

Ruby Braff's discographer Thomas P. Hustad addresses the concern posed by this album in his liner notes when he speaks of the "trepidation" with which "we tend to approach any musician's final recording." Tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton, whose contribution approaches Braff's own, had his own hesitations but withdrew his objections when he actually heard the recording. It gives plenty of evidence of a group of sympathetic musicians accustomed to playing together. Everybody in the six-piece band is allowed generous solo space, as the tunes extend out to ten or even 15 minutes each. Probably, that allowed time for Braff to gather himself for his own playing, but when he steps in, he is his usual self, coming up with interesting variations on the melodies of familiar standards. The best moments, though, are when Braff and Hamilton, his longtime prot‚g‚, play together at the openings of such songs as "Dinah," "Yesterdays," and "The Man I Love." At such times, this doesn't come off as Braff's last night on-stage; it seems like just another great show in a storied career.

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