The Open Road

by Don Braden Quintet

Overview

Shortly before he signed with RCA, the fine hard bop tenor saxophonist Don Braden recorded this fairly straight-ahead quintet date with trumpeter Tim Hagans, pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Billy Hart. The instrumentation differs on some of the tracks, with Hagans on around half the songs, Werner sometimes sitting out, and "Lush Life" being taken as a tenor/piano duet. There are some surprises along the way, with a few of the standards reharmonized a little, "Scrapple from the Apple" being played largely without chords (a la Ornette Coleman), and "I Thought About You" becoming a tenor/bass duet. An excellent outing that finds Don Braden stretching a bit beyond his hard bop roots. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	09/03/1996
Label:	Double-Time Records
UPC:	0711527011423
Rank:	188424

Tracks

1. The Open Road
2. Sundown
3. April in Paris
4. I Thought About You
5. Maiden Voyage
6. The Storm
7. Alone Together
8. Someday My Prince Will Come
9. Scrapple from the Apple
10. Lush Life

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Don Braden Quintet   Primary Artist
Don Braden   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Billy Hart   Guest Artist,Drums
Larry Grenadier   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Bass)
Kenny Werner   Guest Artist,Piano
Tim Hagans   Guest Artist,Trumpet

Technical Credits

Don Braden   Liner Notes,Performer,Arranger
Jamey Aebersold   Mixing,Producer
Charlie Parker   Composer
Howard Dietz   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Arthur Schwartz   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Herbie Hancock   Composer
Frank Churchill   Composer
Larry Morey   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer