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Jake Fryer – Bud Shank: In Good Company

Read "In Good Company" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 3, 2011

Il particolare sorprendente, quasi agghiacciante, che contraddistingue questo album è la data d'incisione: 1° aprile 2009 (a San Diego), vale a dire esattamente il giorno prima della scomparsa di Bud Shank. Il quale meritava con tutta probabilità miglior epitaffio di questa pur dignitosissima blowin' session col giovane collega inglese Jake Fryer, di fatto responsabile reale del CD (suoi sei dei nove temi complessivi), in cui colpisce subito la copertina, così scopertamente in stile West Coast 50's (operazione furba? forse; il ...

Album Review

Jake Fryer / Bud Shank Quintet: In Good Company

Read "In Good Company" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 30, 2011

One of the apparent pitfalls that a young artist such as Jake Fryer finds himself in danger of, while making an album with star such as Bud Shank--especially when playing the same instrument, namely the alto saxophone--is that freedom of expression often gives way to reverence. The younger player might feel obligated to diminish him/herself, so that the mentor can be given his or her rightful place in the proceedings. However, this is certainly not one of the issues that ...

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Jake Fryer / Bud Shank Quintet: In Good Company

Read "In Good Company" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 7, 2011

On April 2, 2009 the world lost another giant of jazz when alto saxophonist great Bud Shank died peacefully in his Tucson, Arizona home. But the master chose not to pass away with a whimper but, rather, with a bang, blowing his last notes the day before at Studio West in San Diego. Shank was one of Jake Fryer's greatest influences on the alto saxophone. Fryer, a British composer and alto saxophonist, had dreamed of pairing up with Shank for ...

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Jake Fryer / Bud Shank: In Good Company

Read "In Good Company" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
January 16, 2011

Young British composer/alto saxophonist Jake Fryer joins forces with veteran bopper Bud Shank and his favorite West Coast rhythm section, to form the Jake Fryer / Bud Shank Quintet for In Good Company. It's a lively and engaging album, a mix of standards and Fryer originals that brings the two alto saxophonists together for a recording date full of spontaneity, mutual respect and enjoyment. Sadly, it also proved to be the 82 year-old Shank's valedictory recording, as he was not ...