Jazz Articles about The Body Acoustic

The Body Acoustic: The Body Acoustic

by Michael P. Gladstone
March 8, 2004

This album is a bit of a time capsule artifact dating back to approximately 1960 when small combo jazz with Afro-Cuban influences was all the rage. The mood is celebratory and cohesive as it was when jazz was regarded as the “thinking man's" music. The assembled players seem to fit the bill. Randy Brecker, playing entirely with muted trumpet, gives a pretty good impression of Dizzy or Miles. Bob Mintzer provides a “bottom" for the horns and is just slightly ...