Tom Burbank - Famous First Words - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. After signing with Asylum Records in the early 1970s, Tom Waits recorded a series of acclaimed albums whose noir tales about the after-midnight underworld transformed the seedy into the sublime in songs laced with both dark humor and profound longing. Decades and several musical evolutions later, Waits' Asylum years still hold a special place in the hearts of many fans. Waits' first seven albums on Asylum have been remastered and will be re-released via Anti-Records. Released in 1980, Heartattack and Vine was Waits' final album on Elektra Asylum and it built on the raw blues approach of Blue Valentine with the incendiary title track, the funky, organ driven InchDowntownInch and the stomping NOLA blues of InchMr. Siegal.Inch This album also contains some of Waits' most popular ballads, including InchJersey GirlInch which was famously a hit for Bruce Springsteen. InchOn the NickleInch is a moving song about the homeless people who lived on 5th street in downtown LA, and InchRuby's ArmsInch is a beautiful song with a lovely Bach-like melody. Album Tracks 1. Heartattack and Vine 2. In Shades 3. Saving All My Love for You 4. Downtown 5. Jersey Girl 6. 'Til the Money Runs Out 7. On the Nickel 8. Mr. Siegal 9. Ruby's Arms

Bassist Tom Berkmann is joined on 'Journey' by a select crew of the brightest young stars of the thriving Berlin jazz scene - Ben Kraef on tenor sax, Carl Morgan on guitar, Simon Seidl on piano and drummer Fabian RoschBerkmann has travelled a long way already. In his childhood home among the Bavarian Alps, where the loudest sounds were the ringing of church bells and the mooing of cows, he discovered the power of music via his sister's collection of rock records Jimi Hendrix, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana. Improvised music and the double bass were revelations that spurred his next voyages of discovery - first to the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, then north to the Jazz Institute in Berlin, then across the ocean to New York at the Manhattan School Of Music.Since returning to Berlin, he has released two acclaimed albums as part of the band SCOPES. Now we are invited to join him for 'Journey', his debut album as a leader and composer. The music hooks the listener immediately, anchored by Berkmann's resonating bass sound, beautifully captured in all of it's gut- string glory. His compositions are complex yet accessible, mixing the sophistication of his immersion in the jazz scene with his love of popular song. As Tom explains InchGenre- wise I'd call it modern jazz but I don't really fit into that box of contemporary jazz - sometimes too melodic, too groovy. I wasn't thinking about whether it was experimental enough - it's just the music that felt natural to me as I wrote it.Inch1. Cedar2. Two Lemons3. Torn4. Good Question5. Turnover6. Troubled Sleep7. Leighton8. Smalls Special9. Letter10. To Each Their Own11. Strings Attached Album Tracks 1. Cedar 2. Two Lemons 3. Torn 4. Good Question 5. Turnover 6. Troubled Sleep 7. Leighton 8. Smalls Special 9. Letter 10. To Each Their Own 11. Strings Attached

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