Warren Kime - Explosive Brass Impact
Friday, 13. April 2007, 16:00:00
Warren Kime - Explosive Brass Impact
Command Records
RS-919-SD
Stereo
1968
In early 1965, Kime, who was leading a band in the Chicago area at the time, recorded a few of his own arrangements, which included a small choral section which he used like a fourth brass section above trombones, fluegelhorns, and trumpets. The result dramatically heightened the impact of crescendos and peaks, giving the tunes an aggressive immediacy. He took the tape to New York and played it for Loren Becker, who was trying to revive Command after the departure of founder Enoch Light. Becker heard the start of a new kind of sound, and he passed the tape on to Andrews and musical director Bobby Byrne for development.
The trio settled on an instrumentation that was definitely top-heavy in brass: four trombones, three trumpets (including Doc Severinsen), four fluegelhorns (with Kime in the lead), Phil Bodner and Walt Levinsky taking turns as the lone reedman, three girl singers (including Donna Kime), and a strong rhythm section of two guitars, bass, drums, and percussion (featuring such Command regulars as Al Casamenti, Eddie Shaughnessy, Bill Lavorgna, George Duvivier, Bucky Pizzarelli, and the ubiquitous Phil Kraus and Bobby Rosengarden.
Finally, Command's recording engineers, Robert Fine and George Piros, added their own touches. They pushed the physical dimensions of their studio to the limit, stringing the players out in a line, instead of clustering them in circles or using the usual big band rows. Their aim was to maximize the separation between each section while keeping everyone in beat.
Source: Space Age Pop
Keep in touch, more to come of Warren Kime and his Brass Impact.
Side A
01 - No Moon At All
02 - Georgy Girl
03 - It's All Right With Me
04 - The Gentle Rain
05 - A Man And A Woman
06 - Laia Ladaia (Reza)
Side B
07 - Feeling Good
08 - Everybody Loves My Baby
09 - So In Love
10 - So What's New
11 - Get Out Of Town
12 - Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)
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Explosive Brass Impact
Thanks LP. Another super album.
By anonymous user, # 14. April 2007, 14:23:00
By Licorice Pizza, # 14. April 2007, 20:16:47
Awesome! Thanks.
By anonymous user, # 15. April 2007, 01:00:45
I have been searching for this LP for ten years. It was part of my late brother's record collection and one we listened to often. Thank you for posting it.
By anonymous user, # 29. July 2007, 04:55:05
By Licorice Pizza, # 30. July 2007, 13:22:44
just found this one (vol 2) and the original brass impact LP at a local Value World thrift store. 25 cents per record. both LPs are in great shape, super glossy gatefold jackets! I shall investigate them soon...
By anonymous user, # 2. January 2008, 00:01:13
I worked with Warren Kime often while he was in Chicago, both as a sideman on his band and hiring him for the jazz trumpet chair in my big band. Great guy and wonderful player. 1 of his comments regarding the music business: "Ah, it gets me out of the house".
Ron Mills
Chicago
By anonymous user, # 19. May 2008, 03:07:55