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Fortune / Harper / Cowell / Workman / Hart: Great Friends

Read "Great Friends" reviewed by Frank Rubolino

by Frank Rubolino
May 1, 2003

Paris in the mid-1980s was the scene for this session of power players, but the music remains as fresh and vital today as it was when drummer Billy Hart formed the band. Almost a decade earlier, the drummer had assembled a star-studded group for Enchance (Horizon, 1977) and a threesome with Walter Bishop, Jr. called The Trio (Progressive, 1978). Upon his re-emergence as a leader, Hart claimed he was the only sideman, but his work belies that statement. For this ...

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Fortune/Harper/Cowell/Workman/Hart: Great Friends

Read "Great Friends" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
April 6, 2003

Great Friends, originally released in France in 1986, is a reissue of the only studio recording made by a star-studded quintet that performed briefly in the ‘80s: Sonny Fortune (alto sax), Billy Harper (tenor sax), Stanley Cowell (piano), Reggie Workman (bass), and session leader Billy Hart (drums). The album was recorded right after a tour, while the collective groove was still strong, and the result is exemplary. “Cal Massey," with Cowell's deft keyboard dancing, leads off the ...

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Miles Davis: On The Corner / Get Up With It

Read "On The Corner / Get Up With It" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins

by Todd S. Jenkins
September 1, 2000

Columbia/Legacy is embarking upon a hot fusion reissue program, reshaping many of their classic albums via digital technology to make the roots of today’s music more relevant. Among the first reissues slated for 2000 are two of Miles Davis’ most misunderstood but oddly influential offerings, “On The Corner” and “Get Up With It”. At the “On The Corner” sessions Miles went nuts with electric eclecticism. He hooked a pickup and wah-wah pedal to his trumpet, hired three drummers and three ...

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