“My grandson. His birth, in early 2023, had an overwhelming emotional impact on me. I experienced an unspeakable feeling of sheer joy and happiness, but there was also an almost unavoidable underlying sense of worry. What challenges await him and his generation? I had no choice but to start looking for songs of love, hope, comfort, life, and childhood, and perform them in the most intimate and vulnerable setting.

How lucky I was to run into pianist Jeroen van Vliet again. We had played as a duo before (at the closing weekend of the old Bimhuis in 2005), and he was part of my semi-acoustic quartet, Executive Lounge. His strong sense of form, sensibility, creativity, and musical intuition would make a perfect match for my intentions for this album.”

– Angelo Verploegen

Angelo Verploegen, Flugelhorn
Jeroen van Vliet, Piano

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This album brings together takes from two recordings from Vache made in 1976 (First Time Out) and 1993 (Encore ’93).  The 1976 session with Vache and Pizzarelli are featured on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 while the 1993 session which adds four more Jazz stars are available on tracks 1, 7, 8 and 9.

In the 1976 recording, Vaché teams up with Bucky Pizzarelli, master of the Jazz guitar, known for his uncommonly sweet and delicate tone and disarmingly straightforward approach to melodic line. Pizzarelli was among the few guitarists to play an instrument with seven strings rather than the customary six, thus covering the bass line. With these two fabulous musicians one does not miss the traditional rhythm section.

Warren Vache – Trumpet
Bucky Pizzarelli – Guitar
Kenny Davern – Soprano Saxophone (Tracks 1,7,8,9)
Wayne Wright – Guitar (Tracks 1,7,8,9)
Michael Moore – Bass (Tracks 1,7,8,9)
Connie Kay – Drums (Tracks 1,7,8,9)

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