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Frank Wess: Magic 201
Le sue rilevanti capacità affabulatorie spiccano anche al flauto con le linee melodiche lunghe e trasognate che segnano superbamente "The Summer Knows," celebre standard di Michel Legrand. Il respiro del delicato balladeur in "Embraceable You" riassume lo spirito di un seducente CD, che ricrea con mirabile grazia il fascino immortale dello swing. C'è pure spazio per la tradizione del blues, grazie all'energia che si sprigiona in "Blues for Ruby," superba composizione originale di Wess.
Asciutto e quasi volutamente sotto traccia il lavoro di un maestro riconosciuto del piano jazz quale è Kenny Barron. Lo si percepisce dal suo religioso lavoro di accompagnamento, che fa da corona alla magistrale prova solistica del leader, qui oscillante tra Lester Young e Coleman Hawkins.
Track Listing
It Could Happen to You; A Cottage for Sale; After Paris; The Summer Knows; Embraceable You; Blues for Ruby; If You Can't Call, Don't Come; If It's the Last Thing I Do.
Personnel
Frank Wess
saxophone, tenorFrank Wess: tenor saxophone, flute; Kenny Barron: piano; Russell Malone: guitar; Rufus Reid: bass; Winard Harper: drums.
Album information
Title: Magic 201 | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: IPO Recordings
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