On his sixth album for ECM the Italian pianist and his trio reflect on the work of American composer Alec Wilder (1907 - 1980). Title: In The Morning: Music Of Alec Wilder Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Bramlett - Background Vocals Joel Tepp - Clarinet, Harmonica, Dobro, Slide Guitar Kenny Edwards, Lee Sklar, Buell Neidlinger - Bass Larry Knechtel, Steve Ferguson, Craig Safan - Piano It's well worth it for fans of early '70s singer-songwriters folk or country rock. And on a label unafraid to release records by distinctive and/or non-"pop" singing voices (at this point Asylum had already issued albums by Tom Waits and David Blue, along with Joni Mitchell, Judee Sill and J.D. It's a set of mostly laid-back country rock, led by Taylor's bluesy, lived-in sounding vocals, but also dressed up with the occasional horn chart or psyched-out fiddling by folks such as David LaFlamme. Happily, Taylor's songs measure up to his backing cast. Backing vocals are by Bonnie Bramlett and Joni Mitchell guitarists include Ry Cooder, Jesse Ed Davis and Andrew Gold bassists Lee Sklar and former Stone Poney Kenny Edwards drums by Jim Keltner and Russ Kunkel pedal steel by Red Rhodes organ by Little Feat's Bill Payne and that's probably only half the familiar names here.
The credits on Taylor's album reveal one heck of an all-star cast assembled to help him get his first set of songs recorded.
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