Name: Blue Moon
Brand: Concord Jazz
SKU: 40404
Price: 11.59 GBP
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Blue Moon

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Album: Blue Moon
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Up The Line Album Version	More Info...	3:50
2)	Hard To Please Album Version	More Info...	4:12
3)	Don't Deny Your Love Album Version	More Info...	5:02
4)	Make Me Your Only One Album Version	More Info...	5:11
5)	Indianola Album Version	More Info...	5:20
6)	My Everything Album Version	More Info...	4:42
7)	The Way You Treated Me (You're Gonna Be Sorry) Album Version	More Info...	6:45
8)	Sometime Love Album Version	More Info...	3:59
9)	Good To Love Album Version	More Info...	3:42
10)	Something For The Pain Album Version	More Info...	4:58
11)	It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) Album Version	More Info...	6:14
12)	Remix: Don't Deny Your Love Album Version	More Info...	4:57
2)	Hard to Please	More Info...
3)	Don't Deny Your Love	More Info...
4)	Make Me Your Only One	More Info...
5)	Indianola	More Info...
6)	My Everything	More Info...
7)	Way You Treated Me (You're Gonna Be Sorry)	More Info...
8)	Sometime Love	More Info...
9)	Good to Love	More Info...
10)	Something for the Pain	More Info...
11)	It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)	More Info...
12)	Don't Deny Your Love (Remix)	More Info...

Album: Blue Moon
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Up The Line Album Version	More Info...	3:50
2)	Hard To Please Album Version	More Info...	4:12
3)	Don't Deny Your Love Album Version	More Info...	5:02
4)	Make Me Your Only One Album Version	More Info...	5:11
5)	Indianola Album Version	More Info...	5:20
6)	My Everything Album Version	More Info...	4:42
7)	The Way You Treated Me (You're Gonna Be Sorry) Album Version	More Info...	6:45
8)	Sometime Love Album Version	More Info...	3:59
9)	Good To Love Album Version	More Info...	3:42
10)	Something For The Pain Album Version	More Info...	4:58
11)	It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) Album Version	More Info...	6:14
12)	Remix: Don't Deny Your Love Album Version	More Info...	4:57
2)	Hard to Please	More Info...
3)	Don't Deny Your Love	More Info...
4)	Make Me Your Only One	More Info...
5)	Indianola	More Info...
6)	My Everything	More Info...
7)	Way You Treated Me (You're Gonna Be Sorry)	More Info...
8)	Sometime Love	More Info...
9)	Good to Love	More Info...
10)	Something for the Pain	More Info...
11)	It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)	More Info...
12)	Don't Deny Your Love (Remix)	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Robben Ford (vocals, guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano); Julie Christensen (vocals); Dave "Woody" Woodford (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Lee R. Thornburg (trumpet, trombone); Neil Larsen (piano, organ); Russell Ferrante (piano, synthesizer); Jimmy Earl (bass, programming); Roscoe Beck (bass); Tom Brechtlein, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Louis Pardini (background vocals).
Producers include: Robben Ford, Walter New, Jimmy Earl.
Recorded in October 2001.
Personnel: Robben Ford (vocals, guitar, piano, Wurlitzer organ); Julie Christensen (vocals); David Woodford (saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Lee Thornburg (trumpet, trombone); Neil Larsen (piano, organ); Russell Ferrante (piano, synthesizer); Tom Brechtlein, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Jimmy Earl (programming, drum programming); Lou Pardini (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Michael James ; Walter New.
Audio Remixer: Michael James .
Recording information: Bay 7 (10/02/2001-10/28/2001); G Studio (10/02/2001-10/28/2001); Sonic Fiction Studios (10/02/2001-10/28/2001); Sunset sound (10/02/2001-10/28/2001).
Photographer: Lisa Peardon.
Over the years many people have asked, "Will the real Robben Ford please stand up?" Those are the people who wonder if the singer/guitarist is really a blues-rock vocalist or a jazz fusion instrumentalist at heart. But truth be told, Ford is many different things. He is genuinely eclectic, which is why one never really knows from one album to the next what direction he will take. Blue Moon, Ford's first album for Concord Jazz, is primarily a vocal date. Ford gets in his share of inspired guitar solos, and he provides one instrumental: the gutsy "Indianola." But most of the time he sings. And as a vocalist, he favors an exciting blend of blues, rock, and soul on tracks like "Something for the Pain," "Don't Deny Your Love," and "The Way You Treated Me (You're Gonna Be Sorry)." Meanwhile, "It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" and the moody "Make Me Your Only One" are among the CD's more jazz-tinged vocal offerings. Ford does not embrace a standard 12-bar blues format on all of the material, but then, he never claimed to be a blues purist. Ford isn't a blues purist any more than he is a rock purist, a jazz purist, or an R&B purist -- he is much too restless and broad-minded to be any type of purist. That isn't good news if you only like one type of music, but it is very good news if you share Ford's eclectic outlook and have admired his diversity over the years. Ford was in his late forties when he recorded Blue Moon in the early 2000s, and this pleasing CD is the work of a musician who is still very much on top of his game. ~ Alex Henderson