Reviewed: 2018-03-23
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Let's not mince words. Everything you want from a great jazz trio recording -electricity, pacing, innovation, dynamic virtuosity and interplay, flights of fancy and passion -are found in great abundance here. This is a great concept: adding an elder to the mix. Ron Carter locks in beautifully and the trio swings mightily. Tracks 3-6 are a tribute to Cedar Walton.
If You Like: Cedar Walton, McCoy Tyner, Ray Brown, Gary Peacock,
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ All Of You (10:14) – drums start> midtempo hesitating jam> solos> uptempo jam> quick stop
*2/ Opus One (8:42) – piano starts> midtempo stroll> piano solo swings uptempo> bass solo> midtempo stroll> quick stop
Salute To Cedar:
3/ Hindsight (4:25) – piano chords start> uptempo jam> quick stop
*4/ Holy Land (7:17) – piano starts> hesitating in flurries of notes> up tempo off-kilter jam>crescendo end
5/ Dear Ruth (3:00) – piano starts> slow jam swings to midtempo, then uptempo, then slows> crescendo end
6/ It’s About Time (7:33) – piano starts> slow jam> slow fade
*7/ Any Old Time (7:18) – piano starts> slow jam morphs to midtempo jam, then swings to uptempo> slows to fade
8/ Hatzi-Kaddish – Intro (1:08) – piano starts> slow with ethnic vibe> stop
*9/ Hatzi-Kaddish (7:50) – piano starts> midtempo jam with ethnic vibe swings uptempo> quick stop
*10/ Light Blue (6:53) – piano starts builds to midtempo> false stop> slow jam> false stop> slow jam> slow fade
11/ Ron Carter Speaks (4:02) – extended bass solo
*12/ Joshua (7:40) – bass starts> uptempo jam> mellows, sewings back up to lightning fast, then mellows again to slow fade