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Harry Allen / Scott Hamilton: ‘Round Midnight

Read "‘Round Midnight" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 19, 2013

Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton are two veteran tenor saxophonists whose individual careers have not prevented them from maintaining a friendship or performing together whenever possible. Their third joint project, Round Midnight presents new interpretations of nine standards in a quintet format offering far more solos than normally found in a group featuring one main artist. ...

Article: Album Review

Harry Allen / Scott Hamilton: ‘Round Midnight

Read "‘Round Midnight" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 3, 2012

Johannes Brahms was called “the keeper of the flame" for Beethoven. Tenor saxophonist Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton are the same keepers for a tenor tradition that existed from the swing era through hard bop. The pair champions a sound and method established by Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Lester Young: a broad, dense tone, both ...

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