Someday I'll get a meaningful answer as to just why I've always “hung my hat” on singers who also play something. For example: Shirley Horn, Meredith d'Ambrosio, Nat Cole, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, and such. Most of these vocal standouts play piano but in this case, Joe Gransden's vocal offerings are backed in part by some flawless trumpet work. On a mix of newer material and forever tunes like “When Your Lover Has Gone”, “Smile”, “Close your Eyes”, “So In Love”, “Don't Get Around Much Anymore”, “Where Or When”, “The Way You Look Tonight”, and a shoulder tap to a guy named Sinatra with “Young At Heart”! One can really tell that Joe Gransden is about quality songwriters. On both trumpet and vocals, he and his colleagues deliver only the good stuff.
Joe Gransden; 2026; appx 49 min.
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