With "Love Comes To Town" youngstar Torsten Goods exceeds expectations as a composer and interpreter alike. Funky summer-sounds meet smoky jazzclub swing.
The drums provide the heavy groove, the Fender Rhodes tunes in with a resilient theme, a tender brass section fills in excitingly, then the clear soul voice resounds through the song, accompanied by the mellow sound of a jazz guitar and both support the song “You Wind Me Up” up, ending in a final improvisation. Right from the start, Torsten Goods’ CD ”Love Comes To Town” is cool, funky and energising. Since his first ACT album “Irish Heart”, a homage to his Irish mother, it has been no secret that he is an outstanding multitalent, who grew up in Franconia, matured during his studies in New York and was nurtured by the “masters of the jazz guitar” such as George Benson, Les Paul, Bireli Lagrene or Mike Stern. While the “Evening Standard” once wrote about his “talent galore”, experts couldn’t agree which to give preference to: the virtuo...
line upTorsten Goods / vocals & guitar
Jan Miserre / piano, fender rhodes, wurlitzer
Christian von Kaphengst / fender jazz bass, acoustic bass
Wolfgang Haffner / drums
Horns:
Till Brönner / trumpet
Nils Landgren / trombone
Magnus Lindgren / saxophone, flute
Ingolf Burkhardt / trumpet on 04, 09 & 11
Ida Sand / vocals on vocals on 02 & 07
Viktoria Tolstoy / vocals on 10 & 13
Felix Lehrmann / drums on 14
Produced by Nils Landgren
Co-produced by Torsten Goods & Jan Miserre
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch
All band arrangements by Torsten Goods & Jan Miserre
Horn arrangements: 01 by Jan Miserre, 02, 03, 05, 07 & 08 by Magnus Lindgren
and 09 & 11 by Nils Landgren
Recorded by Arne Schumann, Oktober 30 – November 1, 2012 at Hansa Studios Berlin
Mixed and mastered by Klaus Scheuermann