Recorded 1 – 4 Jun 2009 Length 46:01 Release date 16 November 2009 Label Bonsaï Music | ||
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Released November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16) Similar The Concert for Garcia Lo, Nick's Bump, Cien Noches, Blue Camus, On the Cool Side | ||
Ben sidran everything is broken album dylan different
Dylan Different is a smooth jazz album by keyboardist and jazz vocalist Ben Sidran, released in 2009. It is Sidran's thirty-sixth album, and his fourth release with his independent label Nardis Records.
Contents
- Ben sidran everything is broken album dylan different
- Ben sidran highway 61 album dylan different
- Background
- Track listing
- Musicians
- Reception
- Songs
- References
Ben sidran highway 61 album dylan different
Background
A tribute to Bob Dylan, the album consists of covers of his songs, reinterpreted as jazz. Sidran maintained the original lyrics, but introduced revised tempos, instruments and a large backing band.
The album was recorded 1–4 June 2009. Eschewing a traditional recording studio, Sidran elected to record the album in an Alsatian farm house in the east of France, explaining that he wanted to introduce the same haunted, mysterious quality that he felt from Dylan's music. Several of the musicians were also European, including Rodolphe Burger, a French singer and musician; Marcello Giuliani, an Italian bassist; and Alberto Malo, a Spanish drummer.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Bob Dylan; all music composed by Ben Sidran.
Musicians
Reception
Writing for AllMusic, Thom Jurek praised Sidran's penchant for musical interpretation and style, described as "his requisite musicality, unaffected jazzman's cool, and streetwise yet elegant poetic imagination." He concluded "Dylan Different reveals Sidran as being in full possession of his jazz and creative gifts".
He also praised the source material, commenting on Dylan's ability to write "folk songs that transcend their eras of origin in relevancy."
Songs
1Everything Is Broken3:26
2Highway 61 Revisited3:18
3Tangled Up in Blue3:47