Doug is backed by a full orchestra—
strings and all—on a few songs which
Cory Allen arranged and Webb
orchestrated. Interestingly, Allen who is
also a master engineer professionally
focused on the manipulation of
perception with the intent of altering a
listener’s state of consciousness—Grinch
beware!
There is a lush emotional beauty and
warmth in these well-crafted recordings
that is certain to win over even the
Grouchiest-Grinch and inspire the spirit
of the Holidays.
Things You Are and My Shining Hour—
just naming a few—is nothing less than
extraordinary.
In discussing the beauty of Webb’s work
with Broadbent, Smith and Kreibich,
Stout was intuitively quick to recognize
the “challenge and futility of trying to
describe a music that expresses
emotions you can’t get to with words.”
“He’s a very virtuous player needless to
say,” commented Paul Kreibich, about
Webb’s playing on their recent
recordings with Alan Broadbent and
Putter Smith.
“The whole thing that makes jazz
successful, is the fact that it can touch
on those emotions,” commented the
poetically tasteful trumpeter Ron Stout,
while discussing Webb’s work and his
recent recordings on another project
with jazz pianist Alan Broadbent, bassist
Putter Smith and drummer Paul
Kreibich.
Already mastered, though still untitled,
this recording will surely be earmarked
as a timeless treasure in the music
libraries of many. From start to finish,
the melodic virtuosity of this quartet
playing often traveled standards like I
Remember You, Star Eyes, All The
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