Warren Kime - Brass Impact
Thursday, 5. April 2007, 07:53:00
Warren Kime - Brass Impact
Command Records
RS-910-SD
1967
Stereo
Warren Kime deserves top billing in the "now sound" hall of fame for his three remarkable Command albums featuring his Brass Impact band. With their bright yellow-brass covers, these records stand out from the crowd in the bins and on the turntable, and offer an intense, delicious blend of groovy tunes, splashy instrumental arrangements, and ecstatic vocal highlights (featuring Warren's wife Donna in the lead). If I were recording magnate for a day, these would be the first things I'd reissue. Run--don't walk--to your nearest thrift store and start hunting for them.
Kime was a big band vet. He played trumpet and even took the mike as a singer on occasion, and toured as a member of bands led by Ray Anthony, Ralph Marterie, and others, before settling in Chicago in the mid-1950s, where he worked as a staff musician for CBS.
Who really deserves the credit for the Brass Impact sound is hard to tell. I suspect the kudos should be shared among Kime, his wife, and Command's house arranger, Jack Andrews, for it's a sound dramatically different from any of Kime's other recordings. Before Brass Impact, Kime was a nameless anchorman of countless big band trumpet sections, working for Ray Anthony, Les Elgart, Ralph Marterie, Tex Beneke, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson, and others. He played with Art Van Damme for several years and did some arranging for Van Damme's Septet of the late 1950s.
Source: Space Age Pop
More to come on Warren and the music he made!
Track List
Side A
01 - Mas Que Nada (Pow, Pow, Pow)
02 - Eleanor Rigby
03 - The Breeze And I
04 - One Note Samba
05 - Mr. Lucky
06 - Baubles, Bangles And Beads
Side B
07 - In The Still Of The Night
08 - Brasilia
09 - The Sweetest Sounds
10 - What Now My Love
11 - Prelude To A Kiss
12 - A Foggy Day
No Password
Brass Impact
I congratulate you on another superb album share.
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By Vinyl.Deck, # 6. April 2007, 16:41:56
By Licorice Pizza, # 6. April 2007, 17:02:02
Thanks so much! I <3 Command stuff.
By anonymous user, # 7. April 2007, 02:32:00
Thanks Bunches, LP!
My Grandmother had this record and I loved the Music almost as much as I loved the cover. Great stuff!
By anonymous user, # 8. April 2007, 06:10:47
By Licorice Pizza, # 8. April 2007, 14:01:58
Superb album. Thank you.
Any more like that?
By anonymous user, # 11. April 2007, 07:36:41
By Licorice Pizza, # 11. April 2007, 14:03:37