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The Catz in the Hatz: Resilience
I Cats in the Hatz riescono, ed è un'impresa titanica!, a firmare un disco di smooth jazz che mette in mostra l'abilità esecutiva degli autori ed allo stesso tempo evita effetti soporiferi. Un paio di brani probabilmente non avrebbero ricevuto l'approvazione degli autori - "Little Sunflower" di Freddie Hubbard, "Riviera Paradise" di S. R. Vaughn e "Für Elise" di Beethoven - proprio i brani che dovrebbero fare da traino.
Altre cose, tipo "One for My Baby", "Fever", mettono in mostra l'ottima voce di baritono di Steve Johnson, un musicista da non sottovalutare. Fra cose più "leggere" ed altre dal maggiore spessore jazzistico si ascolta nel complesso un disco che mostra il lato migliore del genere smooth.
Track Listing
01. Nature Boy (E. Ahbez) - 5:45; 02. Into the Smooth (S. Johnson/M. Wiens) - 3:58; 03. Litle Sunflower (F. Hubbard) - 8:27; 04. Slow Down Jimmy (T. Copley/M. Wiens/R. Holler) - 4:26; 05. My Funny Valentie (Rogers/Hart) - 4:29; 06. Lucky So In So (D. Ellington/D. March) - 6:55; 07. Killer Joe (B. Golson/Q. Jones) - 5:28; 08. Whisper Low (S. Johnson/M. Wienz) - 3:45; 09. One for My Baby (Arlen/Mercer) - 3:51; 10. Riviera Paradise (S. R. Vaughn) - 7:48; 11. It Was A Very Good Year (E.M. Drake) - 4:36; 12. Fever (E. Cooley/J. Davenport) - 5:05; 12. Angel Eyes (M. Dennis/E. Brent) - 3:20; 13. Für Elise (Beethoven) - 4:39.
Personnel
Steve Johnson
saxophone, tenorSteve Johnson (voce); Mike Wiens (chitarra); Mike Cross (tastiere); Steve Boggio (basso) Terry Copley (batteria)
Album information
Title: Resilience | Year Released: 2007 | Record Label: Rhombus Records
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