Blue Sun

by Mark Isham

Overview

A fine album by this trumpeter better known for film scores and Windham Hill new age electronics than for jazz. However, on this outing, Mark Isham struts his jazz stuff. Although the instrumentation includes electric bass, occasional electric piano, and a sprinkling of atmospheric electronics, the feel here is of an acoustic recording of the cool jazz school. Isham's quintet includes Steve Tavaglione on tenor saxophone and David Goldblatt on piano, both of whom inform this music with elegance and grace. Isham himself has never sounded better on record, recalling the Miles Davis of the '50s at times, and the rhythm section of drummer Kurt Wortman and bassist Doug Lunn keeps the music moving at a relaxed pace. Isham's work in his Windham Hill days was, while interesting, easily identifiable and properly classified in the new age bin. Here, he has moved in a new, classy direction, proving he can write and perform well-crafted music of substance. ~ Jim Newsom

Product Details

Release Date:	10/03/1995
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0074646722725
Rank:	88818

Tracks

1. Barcelona
2. That Beautiful Sadness
3. Trapeze
4. Lazy Afternoon
5. Blue Sun
6. In More Than Love
7. And Miles to Go... Before He Sleeps
8. In a Sentimental Mood
9. Tour de Chance

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mark Isham   Primary Artist,Electronic Sounds,Flugelhorn,Trumpet,Cornet
David Torn   Guest Artist,Loops,Guitar
Steve Tavaglione   Sax (Tenor)
David Goldblatt   Piano,Piano (Electric)
Douglas Lunn   Bass (Electric)
Kurt Wortman   Drums
Peter Maunu   Guitar,Loops
Lisbeth Scott   Vocals,Guitar,Loops

Technical Credits

Irving Mills   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Stephen Krause   Engineer
John Latouche   Composer
Juerg Morgenthaler   Composer
Manny Kurtz   Composer
Jerome Moross   Composer
Mark Isham   Producer,Composer