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
Spencer A. Barefield
After The End
Yelena Eckemoff Quintet
In The Shadow Of A Cloud
Ray Vega
Squeeze Squeeze
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Dragon
THE WAVERLY SEVEN
YO! Bobby
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