[TR24][OF] The Monty Alexander Trio - We've Only Just Begun (Remastered) - 1972/2015 (Post-Bop)

Monty Alexander's career was beginning to take off at the time of this 1971 club date at the Monticello in Rochester, NY. Accompanied by Dave Brubeck's former bassist, Eugene Wright, and veteran drummer Bobby Durham, who was recording extensively with Oscar Peterson, the young pianist kicks off the set with an ambitious, quote-filled rendition of a great standard "It Could Happen to You." The inclusion of several familiar popular tunes of the period, namely Michel Legrand's haunting "Summer of '42 Theme," Henry Mancini's bittersweet "Love Story Theme," and even "We've Only Just Begun" (a mega-hit for the Carpenters which actually began life as background music for a bank commercial), doesn't detract from the album in the least, due to Alexander's imaginative approaches to each of the tunes. The one original of the date is Alexander's funky "Monticello." This well-recorded date has been out of print since BASF quit manufacturing records in the U.S. in the mid-'70s, so it may be somewhat difficult to acquire.

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: The Monty Alexander Trio / We've Only Just Begun
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -1.79 dB   -15.72 dB     13:21 01-It Could Happen To You
DR13      -2.55 dB   -20.92 dB      4:28 02-Summer Of '42 Theme
DR11      -1.43 dB   -15.82 dB      3:52 03-Monticello
DR12      -0.68 dB   -16.66 dB      5:51 04-We've Only Just Begun
DR12      -1.36 dB   -16.58 dB      7:24 05-I've Never Been In Love Before
DR13      -1.01 dB   -17.74 dB      6:18 06-Love Story Theme
DR12      -2.33 dB   -17.26 dB      3:36 07-Blue Alexander
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Number of tracks:  7
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate:        88200 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2608 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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