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Bruce Williamson Quartet featuring Art: Standard Transmission

Read "Standard Transmission" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
September 24, 2010

One of the early genius elements of small ensemble jazz manifested November 26, 1945, when Charlie Parker entered the studio with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, and, using the harmonic foundation of Ray Noble's “Cherokee," recorded a new melody, call “Ko-Ko." He went on to do the same with the Hamilton/Lewis composition “How High The Moon," which became “Ornithology," and Fats Waller's “Honeysuckle Rose," which became “Scrapple from the Apple." Later, clever interpreters would make arrangements of the original and ...

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Bruce Williamson Quartet feat Art Lande: Standard Transmission

Read "Standard Transmission" reviewed by James Henry Smith

by James Henry Smith
September 18, 2010

Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Bruce Williamson features his longtime compatriot and mentor, pianist Art Lande, in this collection of mostly standards, breathing new life into old melodies. Except for “Large Barge," a Williamson original tune reflecting his impressions of a lazy barge on the Ohio River, this quartet outing contains only material that will be well-known to seasoned jazz listeners. But these Williamson/Lande arrangements, each contributing roughly half, produce results far beyond standard. Reharmonization, uncommon time signatures, and unlikely combinations and treatment ...