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The Laweeyum Quartet: The Bridge
"The Gate" opens trumpeter Larry Williams' latest CD, The Bridge, with a Miles Davis-like cry on the mute that drifts into a conversation with Robert Perkins' churning drum set - a sound that would fit right in with the things Miles was offering up in the mid-sixties, in those brief interludes when he was in a mellow mood.

Williams is one of those pro musicians with a wide range of experience—featured performer at Disney World and on Princess Cruises, backing the likes of Robert Goulet and Marilyn McCoo, Johnny Mathis, Merv Griffin, Michael Feinstein. So you know he's familiar with the American Songbook. Indeed, his own composition "The Sentimental Way You Are" is a beautiful song, like a long lost Cole Porter tune, one of those late night, unlucky in love melodies.

On "Wise," Williams shows off his open horn work—he mixes mute and open throughout—with a tangy tone, while piano man John Rangel jabs at the trumpeter's long lines.

Accessible. That's the word that comes to mind with The Bridge. Good, solid, mainstream jazz, with a satisfying complexity and depth to the compositions that suggests classical training in Williams' resume.

All of the tunes are originals, except for the much done classic "Like Someone In Love," which starts out with a spring in its step, the hat worn at a rakish angle, until the band drifts into a reverie, like...well someone in love.

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Track Listing

The Gate, Wise Move, Interlude, Glorious!, On the 25th Day, Interlude II, This is This, Bossa Round, Like Someone In Love, Piece of Your Smile, The Sentimental Way You Are.

Personnel

Larry Williams, trumpet; John Rangel, piano; Shelly Berg, piano; Daniel Lutz, bass; Robert Perkins, drums

Album information

Title: The Bridge | Year Released: 2003 | Record Label: Unknown label

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