Monday, December 14, 2009

Alison Brown Quartet


Album: Replay
Song: Shoot the Dog
Although David Grisman and Bela Fleck might have preceded Alison Brown in the quest to merge bluegrass and jazz, they have nothing on her in terms of talent and inventiveness. After working from the mid-1980s through the early '90s with vocalists Alison Krauss and Michelle Shocked, Brown began to pursue her own musical vision of melding bluegrass, jazz and Celtic music. Over the course of 10 albums, she's won a couple of Grammys and legions of fans. Most of the songs in this list feature bluegrass instrumentalists interpreting jazz songs. Alison Brown turns it around. In "Shoot the Dog," her quartet takes what is basically a traditional bluegrass breakdown and turns it into foot-stomping jazz. Of course, Brown plays incredibly on this track, but you might also pay close attention to the fine solo by her pianist, John Burr.

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