BOB FLORENCE “FRIENDS | TREASURES | HEROES”
Summit Records (DCD 430)
Well, he's done it again. Bob Florence’s first solo piano CD was an enormous success, so he’s followed up with this masterpiece!
Grammy and Emmy Award-winning Bob Florence has garnered national and international acclaim as a jazz composer, arranger, band leader, accompanist, and educator.
His joy of playing the music of those that inspired him over the years was the inspiration behind this recording: a masterpiece of solo works from musical genius, Bob Florence dedicated to Friends, Treasures, and Heroes.
Selections:
- Introduction - “Just Friends”/ "Wind Beneath My Wings"
HEAR IT! (1.4 MB MP3)- Bronislaw Kaper’s “Invitation”/ “Green Dolphin Street”
- Interlude
- For Ingrid Jensen - “My Sunshine Connection”
HEAR IT! (1.3 MB MP3)- Interlude
- Johnny Mandel’s “A Time For Love” / “The Shadow Of Your Smile”
- Interlude
- Dave Grusin’s “Mulholland Falls”
HEAR IT! (1.2 MB MP3)- Interlude
- Jerome Kern’s “Whippoorwill” / “Nobody Else But Me” / “I’m Old Fashioned”
- Interlude
- For Julie Andrews - “Jools”/ "Come Rain, Or Come Shine"
HEAR IT! (1.7 MB MP3)- Interlude
- Clare Fischer’s “Pensitiva”
- Interlude
- For Maria Schneider - “Maria, Queen Of The Birders”
HEAR IT! (1.1 MB MP3)- Reprise of “Just Friends” / “Wind Beneath My Wings”
HEAR IT! (1.4 MB MP3)
Personnel:
Bob Florence, solo piano
