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Bobby Watson: Quiet As It's Kept
by David Adler
Bobby Watson is a great alto saxophonist, but his latest album is nothing to write home about. The first few tunes, with their light latin grooves and trite melodies, border on schlocky. Bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Ralph Peterson provide a hipness factor that somewhat diminishes the easy listening vibe. But Greg Skaff’s acoustic guitar and ...
Bobby Watson: Quiet As It's Kept
by C. Michael Bailey
Bobby Watson has recorded on and off for RED Records since the mid-1980s. His RED releases, all critically acclaimed, comprise an impressive collection had he never recorded another note. His other RED recordings include Round Trip, Appointment in Milano, Love Remains, This Little Light of Mine, and now Quiet As It’s Kept. All are uniformly fine ...
Bobby Watson: Round Trip / This Little Light of Mine
by C. Michael Bailey
A Big Month for Bobby Watson. October welcomed the newest release by Bobby Watson ( Quiet As It’s Kept RED Records 123284), also reviewed this month). As an introduction to Bobby Watson on RED, I wanted to look at two older RED recordings. But first, a little history of this exceptional artist in the shadows. A ...
Giammarco-Lande-Leveratto-Gatto: Love Ballads
by Glenn Astarita
Love Ballads features the criminally under recognized pianist Art Lande along with saxophonist Maurizio Giammarco, drummer Roberto Gatto and bassist Piero Leveratto, performing a series of classic love ballads and two Lande originals. Periodically, Lande is prone to skirt the non-mainstream side of things but here performs wonderfully with his equally adept cohorts. Giammarco’s husky, corpulent ...
Kenny Barron and Buster Williams: Two as One
by C. Michael Bailey
Half of Sphere. One of the Two Sphere discs on RED Records is Pumpkins Delight: Sphere Live At Umbria Jazz (CD 123207). July 14, 1986 at the Umbria Jazz Festival. Included in this set were as series of duets by pianist Kenny Barron and Bassist Buster Williams. The result is a collection of music every bit ...
Jim Snidero: San Juan
by C. Michael Bailey
More RED. On San Juan, 39 year old Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero leads a quietly powerful sextet that deftly executes seven of his compositions plus the Kenny Dorham chestnut, “La Mesha”. Of note on this 1994 release is trumpeter Tim Hagans, who in the last year has become hot enough to accelerate global warming. Most notable ...
Piero Bassini Trio / Mike Melillo Trio: Nostalgia / Moonlight on the Gange
by C. Michael Bailey
Trio Exercises in RED. The jazz piano trio is one of the most durable and reliable performance vehicles. It can be jazz chamber music at its finest without being pretentious. Currently considered are two trio offerings released on RED Records. Piero Bassini and Mike Melillo, the respective piano part of the trios. The pianists are both ...
