Dylan Different
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dylan Different |
| type | studio |
| artist | Ben Sidran |
| cover | Ben Sidran Dylan Different album.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | 14 Jun 2009 |
| studio | Alsace, France |
| genre | Smooth jazz |
| length | |
| label | Nardis |
| producer | Ben Sidran |
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Dylan Different is a smooth jazz album by keyboardist and jazz vocalist Ben Sidran, released in 2009. It is Sidran's thirty-sixth album, and his fourth release with his independent label Nardis Records.
Background
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A tribute to Bob Dylan, the album consists of covers of his songs, reinterpreted as jazz. Sidran maintained the original lyrics, but introduced revised tempos, instruments and a large backing band.
The album was recorded 1–4 June 2009. Eschewing a traditional recording studio, Sidran elected to record the album in an Alsatian farm house in the east of France, explaining that he wanted to introduce the same haunted, mysterious quality that he felt from Dylan's music. Several of the musicians were also European, including Rodolphe Burger, a French singer and musician; Marcello Giuliani, an Italian bassist; and Alberto Malo, a Spanish drummer.
Track listing
| all_lyrics = Bob Dylan | all_music = Ben Sidran
| title1 = Everything Is Broken | note1 = from Oh Mercy, 1989 | length1 = 3:25 | title2 = Highway 61 Revisited | note2 = from Highway 61 Revisited, 1965 | length2 = 3:18 | title3 = Tangled Up in Blue | note3 = from Blood on the Tracks, 1975 | length3 = 3:46 | title4 = Gotta Serve Somebody | note4 = from Slow Train Coming, 1979 | length4 = 4:47 | title5 = Rainy Day Women#12 & 35 | note5 = from Blonde on Blonde, 1966 | length5 = 3:56 | title6 = Ballad of a Thin Man | note6 = from Highway 61 Revisited, 1965 | length6 = 2:56 | title7 = Maggie's Farm | note7 = from Bringing It All Back Home, 1965 | length7 = 4:58 | title8 = Knockin' On Heaven's Door | note8 = from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, 1973 | length8 = 3:50 | title9 = Subterranean Homesick Blues | note9 = from Bringing It All Back Home, 1965 | length9 = 3:39 | title10 = On The Road Again | note10 = from Bringing It All Back Home, 1965 | length10 = 3:08 | title11 = All I Really Want To Do | note11 = from Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 | length11 = 3:20 | title12 = Blowin' in the Wind | note12 = from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963 | length12 = 5:08
Personnel
Musicians
- Ben Sidranvocals, piano, Wulitizer, Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes
- Rodolphe Burgerguitar, vocal on "Blowin' in the Wind"
- Jorge Drexlervocals on "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
- Georgie Famevocals and organ on "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35"
- Marcello Giulianiacoustic bass, electric bass
- Amy Helmbackground vocals
- Michael Leonharttrumpet, flugelhorn
- Bob Malachtenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
- Alberto Malodrums, percussion
- Leo Sidranhorn arrangements, additional guitar, Hammond B3, piano, koto
- Leonor Watling & Lucabackground vocals on "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Reception
|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = Writing for AllMusic, Thom Jurek praised Sidran's interpretation and style, "his requisite musicality, unaffected jazzman's cool, and streetwise yet elegant poetic imagination." He also praised the source material, commenting on Dylan's ability to write "folk songs that transcend their eras of origin in relevancy."
References
References
- "Ben Sidran's Discography". BenSidran.com.
- {{AllMusic. Thom. Jurek
- (2009-10-26). "Ben Sidran to Release "Dylan Different"". AllAboutJazz.
- "Ben Sidran's Dylan Different". BenSidran.com.
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