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Duane Padilla: Sentimental Swing
By Track review of "How High The Moon"Padilla opens the disc with an attention-grabbing "How High The Moon," composed by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis for the 1940 Broadway show Two for the Show, which has served as an important jazz standard in its own right and as a springboard for Charlie Parker's re-composition in "Ornithology."
Padilla plays the song straight, introducing the melody at half-time before gaining swing traction into the familiar foxtrot. Padilla and pianist Tennyson Stephens spar during the theme before carrying the contest to a higher level of invention in the solo sections. Contemporaneous soloing by these two players recalls the same Dixieland practice with more sophisticated material.
Personnel
Duane Padilla
violinDuane Padilla: violin; Tennyson Stephens: piano; Stephen Jones: bass.
Album information
Title: Sentimental Swing | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Self Produced
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