Sunday 21 February 2010

1961 Floyd Cramer: On The Rebound

What is it with the UK and piano-based instrumentals? Winifred Atwell and Russ Conway had already bagged a brace of number ones apiece and now here's Floyd Cramer with another. 'On The Rebound' was his only UK chart topper though as s session player par excellence, Cramer's famed 'finger slipping' piano rolls had already graced 'Poetry In Motion' and 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?' 'On The Rebound' tinkles a light melody that loops around itself but has the good sense to break out into a jazzy, handclapping middle eight that keeps it fresh. But not fresh enough to break it out of the light entertainment box marked up as 'pleasant' rather than anything more substantial.


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