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Dan Wilensky: All In All
ByThe set opens with "United We Stand," Wilesky blowing for the rafters on what sounds like an intro to a free jazz rant, that segues into the coolest of soul jazz groovesit sounds like Wilson Pickett is standing in the wings, waiting to make his appearancelaid down by the leader and his top notch rhythm section: keyboardist Clay Giberson, bassist Bill Athens and drummer Micah Hummel. The soul groove theme settles in with a gorgeous ballad, "Christmas In Argentina," that has a smooth, lustrous flow. Pianist Giberson takes a supremely assured solo, then adds a light synthesizer frosting on the cake leading into Wilensky's powerful lead. It is a meticulously-crafted sound that brings to mind some of the CTI Recordings of the 1970sStanley Turrentine's Baddest Turrentine (1974) in particular.
"Seven Bees" shifts the sound into a higher, going for the groove and and finding it with a Michael Brecker/Lou Donaldson feeling, with a Miles Davis, Filles De Kilimanjaro (Columbia, 1969) vibe from Giberson's lively Fender Rhodes. "Haleakala" features Wilensky searing the air inside a deftly-shaped rhythmic drive, while "Democracy On the Rocks" explores the classic organ jazz sound, Giberson rocking it on the Hammond B-3.
And that gospel closerit can pull you up out of the pew, to dance like the spirit is in you, and it's got to come out.
Track Listing
United We Stand; Christmas In Argentina; Seven Bees; Haleakala; Antonio; Another Summer; O Amor Se Foi; Democracy On The Rocks; Dig The Gist; Celestial Rendezvous; Soliloquy; While She Waits; Soon And Very Soon.
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Title: All In All | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Polyglot Music
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