Released 2009 Artist Alison Brown Label Compass Records | Producer Gary West Release date 2009 Genre Jazz | |
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Similar Stolen Moments, Twilight Motel, Out of the Blue, Fair Weather, Look Left | ||
The Company You Keep is the latest album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2009. The other members of the Quartet, especially pianist John Burr contribute to Brown's compositions more than on any of her previous albums, where she composed mostly on her own.
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Reception
In his Allmusic review, music critic Rick Anderson wrote of the album "...her jazziest material sounds effortless and natural, but she also has no compunction whatsoever about bringing bluegrass and Celtic elements into her sound. On The Company You Keep she is playing and writing at the peak of her powers... "Drawing Down the Moon" is a slightly overlong slow number that tends to meander a bit, but it's the closest thing there is to a misstep on this excellent album."
Track listing
- "Crazy Ivan" (Brown, Burr, Doyle) – 3:23
- "Rocket Summer" (Burr) – 5:24
- "The Road West" (O'Connor) – 5:30
- "Drawing Down the Moon" (Brown, West) – 5:30
- "Under the (Five) Wire" (Brown, Burr) – 4:01
- "Rainof Shine" (Brown, Burr) – 3:36
- "Over Nine Waves" (Brown, Doyle) – 4:20
- "Forky on the Water" (Brown, Burr, Craven) – 5:05
- "The Clean Plate Club" (Brown, Burr) – 2:57
- "Waltz for Mr. B" – 3:01
Personnel
Songs
1Crazy Ivan3:23
2Rocket Summer5:23
3The Road West5:30