What A Romance is a live recording of a concert in Nighttown, Rotterdam held on March 13, 1999 by the Chris Abelen Quintet. The music style is very similar to that of his studio album from 1996. The band has remained the same and consists of Chris Abelen (trombone), (tenor saxophone), (guitar), ( double bass) and (drums). Four songs (The Hall, A Walk, Parking and Hoover) can also be found on
… Dance Of The Penguins, but because they got a different instrumental interpretation, they sound refreshingly different. So all the music of this group is pleasantly unconventional. The experiment is not shunned and the duration of the thirteen songs is deliberately kept short, which results in compact and intense improvised music. (RM)more
