Thursday, November 24, 2011

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall - I Feel You (Concord 2011)


Herb's trumpet and his wife Lani's voice (the original voice of Sergio Mendes' Brasil '66) haven't been on a studio album together in almost a decade! They tackle everything from an old Tijuana Brass favorite to classics by Peggy Lee, Van Morrison and the Beatles: Blackbird; Moondance; Fever; What Now My Love; Call Me; Here Comes the Sun; 'Til There Was You , and more.
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“Each song is like a flower opening up, exposing new color and fragrance, strength and fragility,” commented Hall. “I think the key to a great song is always the melody and Lani thinks it’s an equally expressive lyric which is one of the reasons we’re a good team. The songs on I Feel You reflect honesty and our mutual commitment to all the songs we do together is to make them sound fresh,” added Alpert.


The outcome of their complementary philosophy is 14 songs on I Feel You that marry the essence of their shared gifts.
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