Hailing from New Orleans saxophonist Vandell Andrew has started his solo career with the album Years Later... in 2011. Soon followed his sophomore project Turn It Up (2014) and this year All For Love.

On his new album he invited professional musicians like Lew Laing (keys and programming), Cory James (bass, keys and additional programming), Earl Diamond, David P. Stevens, Matt Godina, Darrell Crooks and Ash Jangda (guitar), John Fontenot (drums), Brandon Marcel (vocals), Emanuel Wells and Aaron Mason (bass), and Quentin Moore (keys).

Vandell allows Lovers Suite to breath with emotional intonation. Keeping a perfect embouchure he strokes every tone with great heart-melting tenderness and passion. On Better With You he is stepping up the pace performing with wide bandwidth from smooth to forced.

He flawlessly controls the expression strength of his instrument avoiding the excessive use of overdub procedures. So he interplays in the ideal way My Everything with guitarist Ash Jangda. On the other hand he skillfully interacts between solo sax and choral effects like on The One.

You're Always There shows a physical presence with hard beating drum programming and the vocal appearance of Brandon Marcel. Before you can enjoy the smooth melody and the fine arrangement of When You Walked In, you have to accept the rap intro and the drum programming.

The collaboration between Vandell and Lee Lang on All For Love is a stroke of luck. Harmony, arrangement and atmosphere are organic and coherent. Her Touch performs with a fine processing of several sax layers. David P. Stevens underlines the melody with intimate guitar chords.

On Shrimp & Grits Vandell pairs with Quentin Moore on organ, which gives this theme a splendid vintage feeling. Back At It produced by Paul Brown powers up to give the album a grandiose finish.

Vandell Andrew presents with All For Love an amazing textural piece of sax in the lead. If you are a lover of saxophones this album is for you.

  

 

 

 

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Album Information

Title: All For Love
Artist: Vandell Andrew
Year: 2016
Length: 0:40:51
Genre: General Jazz
Label: Independent
 

Tracks:
01 Lovers Suite [4:12]
02 Better With You [4:07]
03 My Everything [3:45]
04 The One [3:25]
05 You're Always There [4:22]
06 When You Walked In [4:16]
07 All For Love [4:05]
08 Her Touch [4:24]
09 Shrimp & Grits [4:13]
10 Back At It [4:03]





Further reviews:


Years Later

Turn It Up