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Mark Bransfield: Night Time

Read "Night Time" reviewed by George Harris


At last, a young, male singer not transfixed by the Rat Pack! Mark Bransfield's voice on Night Time is an immediate lure: a perfect amalgam of Lester Young's feathery lightness and Mel Torme's velvety fog. His vibrato-less tone and relaxed, ever-so-lightly behind the beat phrasing is an inspiring setting for this creative mix of standards and originals.

With spare accompaniment, Bransfield is reflective and pensive on “Nice Work If You Can Get It" and lovingly languid on Duke Ellington's “Prelude ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Night Time

Black Dirt Records
2006

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