With A Heart In My Song (album): Difference between revisions

Allan plays all SynthAxe here, except for the chords on “54 Duncan Terrace”. The music sometimes has traditional jazz elements, as most of the tunes are Gordon’s, but as it’s all done with electronic instruments, there’s a modern feel to it. “Sundays” is Allan’s solo piece, which includes sound effects from a fishing trip, and has a very orchestral feel. It then goes into an organ/choral-like section where Allan ventures into spiritual territory.

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- For the first one, the acoustic one, there was a constant modesty, a chastity, if I may say. Actually, Allan was very introverted, very modest. He sung on that album, a song called “At The Edge”, he asked everybody to leave the studio, so we left him alone. He did the recording by himself, he performed by himself, he didn't want us to see him sing. He has a very distinctive voice, very moving. For the other album however, at his home, he was much more at ease, he was on his ground. The first time was more uncomfortable and he was facing Gordon who was kind of monumental, as a jazz figure, whereas the other album, “With A Heart In My Song”, he was, like I said, on his own turf, so he was much more comfortable. Even though he is at his best, I think, when he was at risk, like in the first album “The Things You See”, he was never better than when he was in danger.