Rick Braun - Around The Horn - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Rick Braun has some heavy metal, a certified gold jazz album (SHAKE IT UP with Boney James) and has built a solid legion of fans for his amazing recordings and energetic performances widewide. Rick cut his teeth in the seminal jazz-rock outfit called Auracle durin his studies at the famous Eastman School of Music. He hit pay dirt on a tune he wrote for REO Speedwagon and soon found himself the object of attention for many hot touring and recording acts including Natalie Cole, Crowded House, Sade and many more. YOURS TRULY draws from the diverse musical tastes of Rick Braun and boasts clever, engaging arrangements tore birth tunes you know by heart. Rock and soul, funk and love themes, even a Top 40 waltz all picked and packed full of fresh flavors and even chilled a bit.

ALL IT TAKES is a fertile collaboration between the chart topping Rick Braun, and versatile keyboardist, composer, producer Philippe Saisse - it's also a step into a wide-open musical terrain beyond Braun's trademark R&B/pop comfort zone. Most of the songs on ALL IT TAKES find Braun artfully combining flugelhorn with muted trumpet (using the Harmon mute). Add Euro, neo-classical, cinematic elements and a touch of disco flash and that's ALL IT TAKES for a sensational new disc.

This records dances around the definitions of adult pop and invites jazz fans as well as classical crossover lovers to the party, all the while demonstrating a first rate sensibility of how strings and singers truly work together with vibrant results. Sings With Strings pays homage to two classics in it's title Chet Baker Sings and Clifford Brown With Strings we think Rick has a remarkable new career path alongside his jazz credentials.