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So Nice
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2012
Track listing:
1. Blues Everywhere 05:17; 2. All Too Soon 05:38; 3. I Wished on the Moon 03:33; 4. Kiss and Run 05:34; 5. So Nice 04:06; 6. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face 04:59;
7. Close to You 04:39; 8. Star Eyes 05:07; 9. Minor Inconvenience 04:40; 10. Easy Living 04:24; 11. Everything I Love 04:57;
12. Stephen Sondheim Medley – Small World-Anyone Can Whistle 06:24.
Harold Mabern: Mr. Lucky
by Jack Bowers
Harold Mabern brings his happy, blues-oriented piano to bear on this upbeat homage to the great entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. Of the nine songs on the album, only two--Mabern's buoyant original, “Soft Shoe Trainin' with Sammy," and Henry Mancini's title tune--weren't closely associated with Davis. On the other hand, Mr. Lucky seems a rather peculiar name ...
George Cables: My Muse
by Greg Simmons
Pianist George Cables' relationship with the late Helen Wray must have been one joyous romance. Contrary to the expectations of an album dedicated to a departed loved one, My Muse is a collection of uplifting and, frankly, happy-sounding originals and standards. Take away the personal context and you'd swear Cables and company were just enjoying the ...
Tom Harrell: Number Five
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non ci sono dubbi sul fatto che Tom Harrell sia il miglior trombettista e uno dei massimi compositori dell'attuale modern mainstream. Come ci ricorda il titolo siamo al quinto capitolo del quintetto che debuttò nel 2006 con Light On e che ha lasciato momenti memorabili in tutti i successivi lavori (Prana Dance, Roman Nights, The Time ...
Harold Mabern: Mr. Lucky
by Greg Simmons
Pianist Harold Mabern's Mr. Lucky is a bon-bon: all sugar, with no protein or vitamins. For a veteran like Mabern, who's made some great jazz records over the years, and who can play fine blues with real grit, this one is confusing. Sure, making homage to Sammy Davis Jr. sounds like a good idea, but did ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!
by C. Michael Bailey
B-3 specialist Joey DeFrancesco has enjoyed a long and successful Career; so long, that Wonderful! Wonderful! is DeFrancesco's tenth HighNote release. With Tony Monaco his only real “traditional" jazz organ peer, DeFrancesco pretty well has the market cornered for greasy chitlin' circuit funk jazz cum Italian-American savoir faire. Joined by legends, guitarist Larry Coryell and drummer ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!
by Dan Bilawsky
The organ trio is one of the most time-tested aggregations in jazz, and the men who form said grouping on Wonderful! Wonderful! are three of the most treasured musicians to ever play their instruments. Organ giant Joey DeFrancesco, guitar hero Larry Coryell and swinging drum stalwart Jimmy Cobb all set the bar impossibly high on their ...
Eric Alexander / Vincent Herring: Friendly Fire
by Jack Bowers
For those who long for the time when hard bop reigned supreme, Blue Note and Prestige Records were riding high, and no-holds-barred saxophone cutting contests and unscripted jam sessions were the order of the day, here's a sure cure for any lament that those days are lost and gone forever. From the opening notes of Friendly ...
Sheila Jordan / Harvie S: Yesterdays
by Nicholas F. Mondello
With Yesterdays, singer Sheila Jordan yet again proves she can take a worn-to-a-sow's-ear standard and--voila!--turn it into a diamond-encrusted silk purse. Her partners in that magic are Harvie S and his beautifully resonating double bass--both assisting ever so deftly in the creative conversion.Offering previously unreleased material from a 1990 live performance, Jordan and S ...
Houston Person: So Nice
by AAJ Italy Staff
È necessario premetterlo ad inizio recensione, per contestualizzare le riflessioni che seguono: So Nice è un ottimo disco. Meglio: a chi scrive è piaciuto. Anzi, a livello puramente emozionale, è piaciuto molto. L'organico è collaudato, la padronanza strumentale e quella della forma sono indubitabili. La scelta dei brani è congeniale al leader. In breve, la musica ...
