GENTLE STORM

$16.63
Label
HIGHNOTE
Release Date
July 15, 2008
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      BRADEN, DON
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 15, 2008
    • UPC
      632375718626
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HNR7186.2
    • LABEL
      HIGHNOTE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Calamity Jane: Secret Love

      Composer: Sammy Fain

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan, Cecil Brooks III

    2. Gentle Storm

      Composer: Don Braden

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan, Cecil Brooks III

    3. Never Can Say Goodbye

      Composer: Clifton Davis

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan

    4. The Happy Ending: What are you doing the rest of your life?

      Composer: Michel Legrand

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan, Cecil Brooks III

    5. This Masquerade

      Composer: Leon Russell

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan, Cecil Brooks III

    6. The Hunter

      Composer: Don Braden

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe

    7. Willow Weep for Me

      Composer: Ann Ronell

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan, Cecil Brooks III

    8. Two of a Kind

      Composer: Don Braden

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan, Cecil Brooks III

    9. My Foolish Heart: My Foolish Heart

      Composer: Victor Young

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe

    10. Speedball

      Composer: Lee Morgan

      Performer: Don Braden, Joris Teepe, George Colligan, Cecil Brooks III


Don Braden may be best known for his work with television funnyman Bill Cosby, but his musical talents go far beyond this arena. Having replaced Branford Marsalis in Wynton's combo and having appeared with Betty Carter, Roy Haynes, Dr Lonnie Smith, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams and the Mingus Big Band it is clear that his abilities on the tenor sax are formidable. Braden is smooth and has killer chops, George Colligan plays supportive piano, and Cecil Brooks III has a propulsive style on drums which nicely compliments Joris Teepe's big robust bass sound. But the hero of the date is Braden himself. Whether lingering effortlessly on ballads or burning down the town, Braden's playing is a model of tasteful energy and disciplined brilliance.