Author: Tom Waits

Release Date: 24-07-1989

Details: Amazon.ca In 1976, Tom Waits still looked like a celestial tramp as portrayed by beat writer Jack Kerouac. And it is only a little less than ten years later that he will evolve towards the threepenny opera with Swordfish trombones. For now, it's time for jazz. And the blues. Accompanied, as he presents them, by a trio of great musicians including jazz drummer Shelly Manne and the strings of Jerry Yester, Tom Waits distills an emotion on edge, whether on slow tempo ("Tom Traubert's Blues") or sustained ("Step Right Up"). The title of one of the pieces recalls that of a collection of poems by Bukowski: "The Piano Has Been Drinking". "Not Me" he hastens to add! Small Change would have been the ideal soundtrack for the film Barfly... --Philippe Robert Product description OUT OF PRINT WORLDWIDE on all formats. Fantastic 1976 album fts the beautiful "Tom Traubert's Blues" & "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)".

UPC: 075596061223

EAN: 0075596061223

Model: 4 3 00060612

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood