Saturday, June 6, 2026

Brian Charette • Borderless

 



Review from A Green Man Review:
For a little over 30 years Brian Charette has been playing and recording on the organ — backing a variety of pop and jazz singers and leading his own groups. According to noted jazz writer Scott Yanow in the liner notes to Borderless, he's the first and so far only to make a full jazz album of solo organ music, and this is now his third such album, all of them on Steeplechase. Going by the evidence of this album and Yanow's thorough notes, Charette is quite an eclectic player. You'll find plenty of examples of the kind of jazz that other players of the Hammond B3 make, including a playful cover of Booker T's "Hip Hug-Her" and a cool take on Tadd Dameron's "Tadd's Delight," and especially Charette's own swinging opening track "Minors Must Be Accompanied By Adults." He lends his appropriately cool and dry vocals to the Antonio Carlos Jobim classic "Corcovado."
https://agreenmanreview.com/music-2/yves-brouquis-mean-what-you-say-and-brian-charettes-borderless/

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Resena de A Green Man Review:
Durante poco mas de 30 anos, Brian Charette ha tocado y grabado en el organo, acompanando a una variedad de cantantes de pop y jazz y liderando sus propios grupos. Segun el reconocido escritor de jazz Scott Yanow en las notas del liners de Borderless, es el primero y hasta ahora el unico en grabar un album completo de jazz de organo en solitario, y este es ya su tercer album de ese tipo, todos en Steeplechase. A juzgar por las evidencias de este album y las exhaustivas notas de Yanow, Charette es un musico bastante eclectic. Encontraras abundantes ejemplos del tipo de jazz que otros organistas de Hammond B3 ofrecen, incluyendo una version juguetona de "Hip Hug-Her" de Booker T y una lectura cool de "Tadd's Delight" de Tadd Dameron, y especialmente el propio y swingueante tema de apertura de Charette "Minors Must Be Accompanied By Adults." Presta sus vocales apropiadamente frias y secas al clasico de Antonio Carlos Jobim "Corcovado."
https://agreenmanreview.com/music-2/yves-brouquis-mean-what-you-say-and-brian-charettes-borderless/







Tracks:
1 - Minors Must Be Accompanied By Adults
2 - Sunrise
3 - Blood Sun
4 - Corcovado
5 - Blue Bow
6 - Bicoastal
7 - Ratios
8 - Fractal
9 - Hip Hug-Her
10 - Venice Beach Rhumba
11 - If This Is It
12 - Willow Weep For Me
13 - Tadd's Delight
14 - Moody's Mood For Love


Credits:
Personnel:
Brian Charette - Hammond B-3 Organ, Vocals (tracks 4, 11)

Compositions:
Minors Must Be Accompanied By Adults - Brian Charette
Sunrise - Brian Charette
Blood Sun - Brian Charette
Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Blue Bow - Brian Charette
Bicoastal - Brian Charette
Ratios - Brian Charette
Fractal - Brian Charette
Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. Jones
Venice Beach Rhumba - Brian Charette
If This Is It - Huey Lewis
Willow Weep For Me - Ann Ronell
Tadd's Delight - Tadd Dameron
Moody's Mood For Love - James Moody / Eddie Jefferson

Production:
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Nils Winther
Recorded by Chris Sulit
Recorded April 2024, 24-bit/96kHz
Photography by Chris Drukker
Liner Notes by Scott Yanow

Label: SteepleChase Productions SCCD 31977
Country: Denmark
Released: April 11, 2025
Genre: Jazz
Style: Soul Jazz, Organ Jazz, Hammond B-3
Duration: 59:06

Sources:
https://agreenmanreview.com/music-2/yves-brouquis-mean-what-you-say-and-brian-charettes-borderless/
https://www.discogs.com/release/34052146-Brian-Charette-Borderless
https://www.amazon.com/Borderless-Brian-Charette/dp/B0F44VY2D6
https://www.allmusic.com/album/borderless-mw0004460314





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