Vince Jones, Paul Grabowsky - Provenance (2015) [Official Digital Download]

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Vince Jones, Paul Grabowsky - Provenance (2015) [Official Digital Download]

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Vince Jones, Paul Grabowsky - Provenance (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 48:42 minutes | 448 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

The title refers to the returning-to-roots that this album represents. Vince and Paul first worked together in the 1980s, when Grabowsky was music director to Jones; Provenance marks a renewed collaboration between the pair after several decades apart. But the word also describes the music which the duo chose to record: ballads that showcase the essential elements of their craft, elements that have been the foundations of their astonishing careers, pared down to the intimate combination of piano and voice (and occasionally piano and flumpet – a hybrid of trumpet and flugelhorn).
Provenance is “a collection of timeless songs with beautiful melodies”, as Vince puts it. The album begins with Rainbow Cake, composed by the pair in the 1980s. Oh My Love, written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, takes on touching poignancy in this new rendition; and from there the album presents classic songs from a variety of genres as well as a number of Vince’s own compositions.
Vince Jones needs no introduction to any music-lover. Renowned for the beauty of his voice and the eloquence of his trumpet playing, he is a genre-defying artist who has played thousands of gigs around the globe, recorded dozens of best-selling albums – and has never been afraid to comment on the world in which we live from an unashamedly idealistic perspective.