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This studio session featuring the duo of cornetist/fluegelhornist Warren Vache and pianist Bill Charlap deserves to rank alongside nearly any similar date recorded during the last two decades of the 20th century. Vache has been overlooked by far too many critics (which even Wynton Marsalis acknowledged in print); while Charlap has had a little easier time with the exposure he has received as a member of the Phil Woods Quintet and recording as a leader for Blue Note. Vache's lyricism come through, whether utilizing a mute, as on the foot patting "If I Should Lose You" or a swinging "You and the Night and the Music," or with the open horn, especially in the warm rendition of "Easy Living." Charlap not only proves himself an incredible accompanist, but that he has a sense of humor, too, especially with his lush introduction to Duke Ellington's "Prelude to a Kiss," which briefly detours into Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight." Although the emphasis is primarily on standards, "Nip-Hoc Waltz" (an homage to Chopin) and "Etude" (which features Vache unaccompanied) are two fine examples of Charlap's considerable abilities as a composer. Sadly, the liner notes stick to separate biographies of each musician and don't explain what prompted them to work together. This very entertaining date will stand up very well to repeated listening. ~ Ken Dryden
Recorded on December 13 & 14, 2000. Includes liner notes by Frank Nagel-Heyer.
Personnel includes: Warren Vache (trumpet, cornet); Bill Charlap (piano).
Down Beat (10/01, p.77) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A lesson in the timelessness of jazz, its rich vocab and the communicative sensitivity of its practitioners..." Bill Charlap 2gether Songs | 1. | If I Should Lose You | |
| 2. | You and the Night and the Music | |
| 3. | Darn That Dream | |
| 4. | What'll I Do | |
| 5. | Easy Living | |
| 6. | Nip-Hoc Waltz (Homage to Chopin) | |
| 7. | Etude #2 | |
| 8. | Soon | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Dancing on the Ceiling | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Prelude to a Kiss | |
| 11. | St. Louis Blues | |
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2gether Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   Great Duo Effort!
This whole CD is good. Each musician compliments the other time after time on every cut.
Submitted by a reviewer (Anderson, IN) 
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 Impressive, a modern masterpiece of trumpet-piano duo
This is a pre-bop album, and I usually do not like pre-bop jazz, but this album is remarkably elegant, sophisticated, soft, subtle, and I never thought an Armstrong-toned trumpeter could be so intimate. It is a superb album, among the best trumpet-piano duos currently available (if you like this kind of duos take a listen to the impressive Rava & Bollani as well)
Submitted by Carlo Alberto (Modena, Italy)
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better than Larkin/Braff?
The penguin guide gives this a royal crown. I see no reason to disagree. Saying that Charlap is 'wise beyond his years' is cliche at this point. Let's just all agree - he's spectacular, regardless of seniority. Every tune's a winner. This is the best rhythmless documentation... perhaps ever.
Submitted by lawther (washington DC)
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