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Simple Pleasures (Alison Brown album)

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Released
  
1990

Simple Pleasures (1990)
  
Twilight Motel (1992)

Release date
  
1990

Label
  
Vanguard Records

Length
  
38:55

Artist
  
Alison Brown

Producer
  
David Grisman

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Genres
  
Jazz, Progressive bluegrass

Similar
  
Look Left, Twilight Motel, Fair Weather, Stolen Moments, The Company You Keep

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Simple Pleasures is an album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1990. Produced by David Grisman and recorded with his David Grisman Quintet plus such stars as Mike Marshall, Alison Krauss and Turtle Island String Quartet violoncellist Mark Summer, this jazzy album delivers a hybrid-string sound with all tracks exclusively written by Alison Brown.

Contents

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Michael McCall wrote of the album "Her all-instrumental debut instantly earned respect among progressive acoustic music fans... she maintains an innate elegance amid the tricky arranging."

Track listing

All compositions by Alison Brown

  1. "Mambo Banjo" – 3:58
  2. "Leaving Cottondayle" – 2:35
  3. "Fantasy" – 2:25
  4. "Daytime TV" – 3:02
  5. "Wolf Moon" – 2:50
  6. "From the Coast" – 5:13
  7. "Weetabix" – 2:42
  8. "Bright and Early" – 2:45
  9. "Waltzing With Tula" – 3:01
  10. "Reddy Rooster" – 2:43
  11. "Sundaze" – 4:52
  12. "Simple Pleasures" – 2:49

Personnel

  • Alison Brown – banjo, guitar
  • Joe Craven – percussion
  • David Grisman – mandolin
  • Matt Eakle – flute
  • Jim Kerwin– bass
  • Alison Krauss – violin
  • Mark Marshall – guitar
  • Mark Summer – violoncello
  • Songs

    1Mambo Banjo4:01
    2Leaving Cottondale2:37
    3Fantasy2:29

    References

    Simple Pleasures (Alison Brown album) Wikipedia