Arturo Sandoval - A
Time for Love is a look at
Arturo's classical influence with a jazz flavor showing that the trumpet
is an
instrument of love as he works his magic in a symphonic setting.
Arturo Sandoval - A
Time for Love
A Time for Love: Aprés un
Reve (After the Dream); Emily; Speak Low; Estate; A Time for Love;
Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess); I Loves You
Porgy; Oblivion (How to Say Goodbye); Pavane; Smile; All The Way; Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes; Windmills of Your Mind; Every Time We Say Goodbye
Personnel: Arturo Sandoval: Trumpet, Flugelhorn,
Vocals; Shelly Berg: Piano; Chuck Berghofer: Bass; Gregg Field: Drums,
Percussion; Special Guests: Chris Botti: Trumpet; Monica Mancini: Vocals; Kenny
Barron: Piano
Arturo Sandoval - A Time for Love was produced by Gregg
Field and Jorge Calandrelli
and released on the Concord Music
Group label. Listening to a new release by the Havana-born
Multiple-Grammy Award Winner Arturo Sandoval is like finding a slice of utopia
to retreat to, and with A Time for Love, he has never sounded better. Like so
many musicians who have extraordinary ideas floating around in their head, but
their record label has a set formula for them to follow, Arturo had an idea to "Let
me play softly, let me play ballads with a big orchestra behind me. Let me hear
the other violins and violas,...Let me be inspired by a symphonic setting." Well,
it took a few years, 20 years to be exact, since he has been living and
recording in the USA,
but Arturo was finally able to convince the record label of his concept, and we
are rewarded with A Time for Love.
The passionate musicianship that we have come to expect is
still there, as is the African-Cuban jazz and bebop influence, but set against a
classical backdrop that evokes "the language of love."
The lead track is Aprés
un Reve (After the Dream) and Arturo shows that the trumpet is truly a tool
for romance and for creating an intimate setting. Complemented by the
orchestral strings the song takes on new meaning and feeling. The track Emily starts as a duet of the trumpet
and piano and melds in the soft brushes on the drums to conjure up a fantasy
like consciousness; a very beautiful and touching arrangement. The track Speak Low moves the tempo up and brings
in a jazz flavor with some swing that is accented by the keyboards of Shelly
Berg.
The tracks Estate
and Smile are "extra" special as
Arturo brings forth his vocal prowess in both Italian and English. The
renderings are timeless in their arrangements and the addition of Arturo's
lyrics casts the ideal tenor of amore. The title track A Time for Love is arranged using Arturo's classical and jazz
influences, and reflects the best of both worlds on this tender moving track. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Pavane for
a Dead Princess) features Chris Botti on trumpet with Arturo, and together they
are a tour de force taking this arrangement to new heights of passion.
Oblivion (How to Say
Goodbye) features Monica Mancini on lead vocals debuting the lyrics in English,
and her performance is a natural fit to complement the horn and string
segments. Song after song, the arrangements are refreshing and compelling with
the inclusion of Arturo's trumpet. The release also includes the tracks Pavane, Smile, All The Way, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, an encore track
Windmills of Your Mind, and a bonus
track Every Time We Say Goodbye. A Time for Love sets the mood leaving
you only to select the wine and let the magic happen.
Websites where you can procure Arturo Sandoval - A Time
for Love are Concord Music
Group, Walmart,
Amazon,
Tower
Records, and CD
Universe.
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