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By ANDY ELLIS bai
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In this the age of $7.98 list albums, a performer rot
should truly feel obligated to release exceptional sm
albums which contain a wide variety of musical
styles, outstanding talent and a clear crisp recording fro
sound. He
Such performers as Peter Frampton, Elton John
and Stevie Wonder can place any list price they '1
desire on their albums and still be guaranteed good the
sales. Their albums sell on reputation of the artist '1
alone, with little or no consideration of the artist's fea
current talent or ability. "S;
On the other hand we have the talented few who P
have been overlooked for far too long. David pre
Bromberg and the David Bromberg Band is a prime sof
examnle. "Brokings AlvinHrm " ?'
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studio effort, does meet the criteria set forth above Br<
for an exceptional album, and even tends in spots to Sol
go heyond this criteria. 1
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AS A HACKl'F AKTIST for such singers as Bob 193
Dylan and Jerry Jeff Walker, Bromberg learned the nit
basic skills to be considered a class A performer. Sat
As a solo performer, he has mastered his art
through time and experience. I
The cuts on "Reckless Abandon" tend to fit into five an<
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bluegrass, Orleans jazz, Irish battle tunes and blues.
The amazing point here is that Bromberg and the
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nd seem at such ease with each style.
The album contains only two original Brombei
les. "I Want To Go Home" is a typical Brombei
:k tune with very strong horns rounding it out vei
oothly.
'Baby Breeze" was written by Bromberg with he
m the band's bassist. Hueh McDonnlri :mH ii
ard.
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; weakest effort on the album.
Phe two instrumental cuts are both medleys whic
iture the band's talents on songs ranging froi
ally Goodin" to "Battle of Bull Hun."
klathew Moore's tune "Beware, Brother Beware
>ves that regardless of Bromberg's newly acquirc
>histieation, he is still capable of presenting h
>er dry sense of humor. The song is an oration 1
am berg with the band cheering him on in a net
jthern gospel "Praise the Lord" manner.
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Irs. Delion's Lament." The song is the story of
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i John Firmin recreate all the sounds of Bourbc
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The encores were undoubted
the best part of the entire sho'
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prophetically, "Carry On IV
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the crowd. After that can
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an entire evening, however, was the
closing song "Magnum Opus."
This was one of the few songs that
ee sounded right. Kven the sound
^d equipment was up to par on this
ie tune. It was a good finish lor a bad
night.
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a. talented as Kansas had to suffer
s, with a poor sound system. If
ly Kansas is slated to perform here
?d again, and if they are using the
ie same system, just go out and buy
:k an album.
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