Minors Aloud
| Minors Aloud | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | August 7–8, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Pete's Place, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:36 | |||
| Label | Flying Fish | |||
| Producer | Michael Melford | |||
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Minors Aloud (subtitled Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau) is an album by American pedal steel guitarist Buddy Emmons and Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau that was released in 1978.[1]
History
[edit]Minors Aloud was digitally remastered and reissued on CD by Art of Life in 2005 and includes a 6-page booklet, original and new liner notes and a copy of the lead sheet for the title track handwritten by Breau himself.[2]
In his liner notes for the reissue, Emmons states: "... producer Mike Melford asked me if I would be interested in recording with Lenny Breau. My response was a quick yes but on the condition that Lenny would be the featured artist and I'd be listed as a guest... I learned later that Lenny hadn't been told anything about the project other than to just show up. With a few days preparation and a little polish to the arrangements, this would have been a different album. For better or worse we'll never know, but I do know the solos were spontaneous, the energy level was fantastic, and we all had a great time getting there."[2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Paul Kohler singled out a few of the songs as noteworthy and notes "The pedal steel definitely gives a rather unique sound to Benny Golson's "Killer Joe," though Breau is clearly the more interesting soloist... Flying Fish was always interested in mixing musicians from country and jazz; this somewhat uneven date should be considered at least a partial success."[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Minors Aloud" (Buddy Emmons, Lenny Breau) – 3:41
- "Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) – 4:39
- "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) – 6:08
- "Long Way to Go" (Michael Melford, Wolf Opper) – 4:27
- "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:06
- "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) – 7:08
- "On a Bach Bouree" (Breau) – 6:27
Personnel
[edit]- Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
- Lenny Breau – guitar
- Randy Goodrum – keyboards
- Charles Dungey – bass
- Kenny Malone – drums
Production notes
[edit]- Michael Melford – producer
- Al Pachucki – engineer
- Ben Tallent – engineer
- J. D. Sloan – photography
- Buddy Emmons – liner notes
References
[edit]- ^ Lenny Breau Remembered Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine by Jim Ferguson
- ^ a b Art of Life Records notes on reissue. Retrieved July 3, 2009
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. "Minors Aloud > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 22, 2011.