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Bruce Williamson Quartet featuring Art: Standard Transmission
by C. Michael Bailey
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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by James Henry Smith
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 ...
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