2007-02-19
Trumpeter Terell Stanford steals the show in this interesting set from drummer and jazz arranger Matt Wilson. Loosely based on a “traveling theme,” the range from the experimental (#1) to the sublime (Monk’s “Feel the Sway” and Ornette Coleman’s “Rejoicing”) to the classic (“Tenderly” and the last cut which uses John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance” as a coda). I think the Coleman tune is the stand-out of the record. 02/07 MJVDTHE GODFATHERS OF GROOVE FEATURING REUBEN WILSON, BERNARD “PRETTY” PURDIE, AND GRANT GREEN JR.
The Godfathers of Groove
OUT TO LUNCH
Melvin's Rockpile
Various Artists
Upstairs at Larry's: Lawrence Welk Uncorked
THE BAD PLUS
For All I Care
The New Orleans Social Club
Sing Me Back Home
Galen Weston
The Space Between
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