{"product_id":"tom-waits-small-change-50th-anniversary","title":"Tom Waits \"Small Change (50th Anniversary)\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered and reissued on Anti,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the fourth release in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTom Waits\u003c\/strong\u003e' series of skid row travelogues. It proves to be the archetypal album of his '70s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA jazz trio comprising tenor sax player Lew Tabackin, bassist Jim Hughart, and drummer Shelly Manne, plus an occasional string section, back Waits and his piano on songs steeped in whiskey and atmosphere. He alternately sings in his broken-beaned drunk's voice (now deeper and overtly influenced by Louis Armstrong) and recites jazzy poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's as if Waits were determined to combine the Humphrey Bogart and Dooley Wilson characters from Casablanca with a dash of On the Road's Dean Moriarty to illuminate a dark world of bars and all-night diners. Of course, he'd been in that world before, but in songs like \"\u003cem\u003eThe Piano Has Been Drinking\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eBad Liver and a Broken Heart\u003c\/em\u003e,\" Waits gives it its clearest expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Waits","offers":[{"title":"180g Aquamarine","offer_id":52141031358680,"sku":"275685","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/6550\/6520\/files\/3786079.jpg?v=1690294693","url":"https:\/\/loudpizza.com\/en-de\/products\/tom-waits-small-change-50th-anniversary","provider":"LOUD PIZZA RECORDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}