Sunday, September 14, 2025
Frank Wess Quartet • Menage A Bleu
Monday, July 14, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Friday, May 23, 2025
Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart • Enjoy The View
Review
by Matt Collar
Bobby Hutcherson's 2014 album, Enjoy the View, finds the vibraphonist joining forces with saxophonist David Sanborn, organist/trumpeter Joey DeFrancesco, and drummer Billy Hart on a set of swinging, funky, and adventurous songs. This is Hutcherson's first album of studio material since 2009's Coltrane-inspired Wise One, and follows his 2012 live album, Somewhere in the Night, which also featured DeFrancesco. In a similar vein to Sanborn's more straight-ahead acoustic collaboration with keyboardist Bob James, 2013's Quartette Humaine, Enjoy the View eschews Hutcherson's more contemporary leanings for a visceral hard bop- and soul-jazz-influenced sound. Here we get a bevy of inspired original compositions, including the moody opening cut, "Delia," the impressionistic and driving modal soul of "Hey Harold," and the swinging, funky "Teddy." Ultimately, Enjoy the View is an album of expansive, highly engaging music that harks back to the best of Hutcherson's '60s and '70s work.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/enjoy-the-view-mw0002605950
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Reseña
por Matt Collar
El álbum de 2014 de Bobby Hutcherson, Enjoy the View, encuentra al vibrafonista uniendo fuerzas con el saxofonista David Sanborn, el organista/trompetista Joey DeFrancesco y el baterista Billy Hart en un conjunto de canciones oscilantes, funky y aventureras. Este es el primer álbum de material de estudio de Hutcherson desde Wise One, de 2009, inspirado en Coltrane, y sigue a su álbum en vivo de 2012, Somewhere in the Night, que también contó con DeFrancesco. En una línea similar a la colaboración acústica más directa de Sanborn con el teclista Bob James, Quartette Humaine de 2013, Enjoy the View evita las inclinaciones más contemporáneas de Hutcherson por un sonido visceral con influencias de hard bop y soul-jazz. Aquí tenemos un puñado de inspiradas composiciones originales, incluyendo el malhumorado corte de apertura, "Delia", el impresionista e impulsivo soul modal de "Hey Harold", y el swing y el funky de "Teddy". En definitiva, Enjoy the View es un álbum de música expansiva y muy atractiva que se remonta a lo mejor del trabajo de Hutcherson en los años 60 y 70.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/enjoy-the-view-mw0002605950
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Joey DeFrancesco • Part III
Monday, April 28, 2025
Joey DeFrancesco • Now's the Time, Vol.123 Standards, with the Joey DeFrancesco Trio
Another super-groove play-a-long featuring Joey with his trio accompanying you on blues and some of the greatest standards ever written. Joey DeFrancesco on organ, Paul Bollenback on guitar and Byron Langham on drums. Tracks are: Now's The Time, Four On Six, The More I See You, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Luch Portion, I Fall In Love Too Easily, Bye, Bye, Blackbird, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Indiana, February 14th, Anthropology, Summertime, I'm Getting Sentimental, Over You, Slow Blues in Bb, Obama Nation...
CD with Instructional Book
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Otro play-a-long super-groove en el que Joey y su trío te acompañan con blues y algunos de los mejores standards jamás escritos. Joey DeFrancesco al órgano, Paul Bollenback a la guitarra y Byron Langham a la batería. Los temas son: Now's The Time, Four On Six, The More I See You, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Luch Portion, I Fall In Love Too Easily, Bye, Bye, Blackbird, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Indiana, February 14th, Anthropology, Summertime, I'm Getting Sentimental, Over You, Slow Blues in Bb, Obama Nation...
CD con libro de instrucciones
www.joeydefrancesco.com ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Brother Jack McDuff • Brotherly Love
Biography :
A marvelous bandleader and organist as well as capable arranger, "Brother" Jack McDuff has one of the funkiest, most soulful styles of all time on the Hammond B-3. His rock-solid basslines and blues-drenched solos are balanced by clever, almost pianistic melodies and interesting progressions and phrases. McDuff began as a bassist playing with Denny Zeitlin and Joe Farrell. He studied privately in Cincinnati and worked with Johnny Griffin in Chicago. He taught himself organ and piano in the mid-'50s, and began gaining attention working with Willis Jackson in the late '50s and early '60s, cutting high caliber soul-jazz dates for Prestige. McDuff made his recording debut as a leader for Prestige in 1960, playing in a studio pickup band with Jimmy Forrest. They made a pair of outstanding albums: Tough Duff and The Honeydripper. McDuff organized his own band the next year, featuring Harold Vick and drummer Joe Dukes. Things took off when McDuff hired a young guitarist named George Benson. They were among the most popular combos of the mid-'60s and made several excellent albums. McDuff's later groups at Atlantic and Cadet didn't equal the level of the Benson band, while later dates for Verve and Cadet were uneven, though generally good. McDuff experimented with electronic keyboards and fusion during the '70s, then in the '80s got back in the groove with the Muse session Cap'n Jack. While his health fluctuated throughout the '90s, McDuff released several discs on the Concord Jazz label before succumbing to heart failure on January 23, 2001, at the age of 74. ~ Ron Wynn and Bob Porter.
Biografía :
Monday, April 21, 2025
Brother Jack McDuff • The Best of the Concord Years
Review by Steve Leggett
Hammond B-3 organist Jack McDuff spent his last decade recording for the Concord Jazz label, and for the most part his albums during this time period lacked the verve and fire of his earlier work, and he seemed, at times, to be going through the motions. The two-disc Best of the Concord Years anthology changes that perception a bit, since by picking some of the best tracks from the individual albums, the end result is a collection that is both more varied and energetic than its original sources, and McDuff emerges as a vital performer to the end. Among the highlights are the slow-building "Killer Joe," a moving take on Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia," the classic soul jazz vamp of "Pettin' the Cat," and a pair of weary, emotionally fulfilling blues duets with pianist Gene Harris, "J and G Blues" and "Down Home Blues." Grady Tate, George Benson, Joey DeFrancesco, Red Holloway, and Pat Martino also take guest turns on selections here. The Best of the Concord Years ends up being just that, the best way to sample McDuff's final years, and culled this way, it is work that stands up admirably to his impressive earlier material.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-concord-years-mw0000023442
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Reseña de Steve Leggett
El organista de Hammond B-3, Jack McDuff, pasó su última década grabando para el sello Concord Jazz, y en su mayor parte sus álbumes durante este período carecieron del brío y el fuego de sus trabajos anteriores, y parecía, a veces, estar pasando por los movimientos. La antología de dos discos Best of the Concord Years cambia un poco esa percepción, ya que al elegir algunas de las mejores pistas de los álbumes individuales, el resultado final es una colección que es a la vez más variada y enérgica que sus fuentes originales, y McDuff emerge. como un intérprete vital hasta el final. Entre los aspectos más destacados se encuentran "Killer Joe", una versión conmovedora de "Georgia" de Hoagy Carmichael, el clásico soul jazz de "Pettin' the Cat" y un par de duetos de blues agotadores y emocionalmente satisfactorios con el pianista Gene Harris. , "J y G Blues" y "Down Home Blues". Grady Tate, George Benson, Joey DeFrancesco, Red Holloway y Pat Martino también participan como invitados en las selecciones aquí. Lo mejor de los años de Concord termina siendo solo eso, la mejor manera de probar los últimos años de McDuff, y seleccionado de esta manera, es un trabajo que destaca admirablemente frente a su impresionante material anterior.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-concord-years-mw0000023442
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Monday, April 14, 2025
Essence All Stars • Organic Grooves
"...It's a fun jam - cool and hip....the session smolders with B-3 fuel..."
Down Beat (2/97, p.49) - 3 Stars (out of 5)
Review 2
The Essence All Stars' Organic Grooves finds the group turning out good, if unexceptional, hard bop performances of songs by Larry Young ("Luny Tune"), Tina Brooks ("True Blue"), Lenny White ("Old Wine New Bottles") and Hank Mobley ("Smokin'").
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
"...Es una mermelada divertida - fresca y hipnótica - la sesión arde con el combustible del B-3..."
Down Beat (2/97, p.49) - 3 estrellas (de 5)
Reseña 2
The Essence All Stars' Organic Grooves encuentra al grupo haciendo buenas, aunque no excepcionales, interpretaciones hard bop de canciones de Larry Young ("Luny Tune"), Tina Brooks ("True Blue"), Lenny White ("Old Wine New Bottles") y Hank Mobley ("Smokin'").
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Friday, April 11, 2025
Joey DeFrancesco • The Baddest B-3 Burner in the Business
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Tony Monaco & Joey DeFrancesco • A New Generation
Review by Alex Henderson
When Tony Monaco teamed up with fellow organist Joey DeFrancesco in late 2002 and recorded New Generation: Paesanos on the New B3, two-organ sessions were hardly unprecedented. In fact, DeFrancesco himself had teamed up with organist Jack McDuff in 1995, when they recorded It's About Time for Concord Jazz. The thing that makes this CD unusual is the fact that Monaco and DeFrancesco not only bring their organs to the session -- they also bring their regular working groups. Monaco's Ohio trio (which includes guitarist Robert Kraut and drummer Louis Tsamous) joins forces with DeFrancesco's Philly trio, which employs Craig Ebner on guitar and Byron Landham on drums -- and together, the two trios become a very cohesive sextet. Instead of simply having two organists joined by a drummer, a guitarist and perhaps some horn players -- which would be a more typical way to approach a two-organ date -- the organists benefit from two guitarists and two drummers. It's an unusual combination of instruments, but it's a successful one. The six musicians obviously have a lot of common ground, and they're very much in sync on groove-oriented Monaco tunes like "Katrina's Prayer" and "Pasta Faggioli" as well as a delightful performance of Eduardo DeCapua's "Oh Marie." Meanwhile, "Aglio e Olio" is the sort of ultra-fast, '50s-like bop tune that has more to do with showing off your chops than feeling or expression. But for the most part, New Generation grooves in a soulful, funky, earthy way. Things takes an unexpected turn on "Waltz of the Angels," which finds Monaco switching to accordion and showing his appreciation of traditional Italian music. But even on that charming piece, he still swings like a jazz improviser. All things considered, New Generation is a welcome addition to Monaco's catalog.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-generation-paesanos-on-the-new-b3-mw0000692568#review
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Reseña de Alex Henderson
Cuando Tony Monaco se asoció con su colega organista Joey DeFrancesco a fines de 2002 y grabó New Generation: Paesanos en el Nuevo B3, las sesiones de dos órganos apenas tenían precedentes. De hecho, el propio DeFrancesco se había asociado con el organista Jack McDuff en 1995, cuando grabaron It's About Time for Concord Jazz. Lo que hace inusual a este CD es el hecho de que Mónaco y DeFrancesco no solo traen sus órganos a la sesión, sino que también traen sus grupos de trabajo habituales. El trío de Ohio de Mónaco (que incluye al guitarrista Robert Kraut y al baterista Louis Tsamous) une fuerzas con el trío de Filadelfia de DeFrancesco, que emplea a Craig Ebner a la guitarra y Byron Landham a la batería, y juntos, los dos tríos se convierten en un sexteto muy cohesivo. En lugar de simplemente tener dos organistas unidos por un baterista, un guitarrista y quizás algunos trompetistas, lo que sería una forma más típica de abordar una cita con dos órganos, los organistas se benefician de dos guitarristas y dos bateristas. Es una combinación inusual de instrumentos, pero es exitosa. Los seis músicos obviamente tienen mucho en común, y están muy sincronizados en melodías de Mónaco orientadas al groove como "Katrina's Prayer" y "Pasta Faggioli", así como en una deliciosa interpretación de "Oh Marie" de Eduardo DeCapua."Mientras tanto," Aglio e Olio " es el tipo de melodía bop ultrarrápida, similar a la de los años 50, que tiene más que ver con mostrar tus habilidades que con el sentimiento o la expresión. Pero en su mayor parte, la Nueva Generación hace groove de una manera conmovedora, funky y terrenal. Las cosas toman un giro inesperado en "Vals de los Ángeles", que encuentra a Mónaco cambiando al acordeón y mostrando su aprecio por la música tradicional italiana. Pero incluso en esa pieza encantadora, todavía se balancea como un improvisador de jazz. A fin de cuentas, New Generation es una adición bienvenida al catálogo de Mónaco.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-generation-paesanos-on-the-new-b3-mw0000692568#review
Saturday, February 8, 2025
George Freeman • The Good Life
Editorial Review
George Freeman has been part of jazz for nearly a century. Brother of Von and uncle of Chico Freeman, he's worked with the greats, such as Charlie Parker and Ben Webster. Appearing on the recording is legendary organist Joey DeFrancesco, going into the studio just a couple of months before his untimely death. DeFrancesco admired Freeman's work on a Jimmy McGriff LP so it is quite touching that the two were able to collaborate here. Also featured on 4 tracks is bass phenom Christian McBride stoking up some swinging performances with Freeman. Drummers Lewis Nash and Carl Allen provide propulsive rhythms throughout. It must be said, however, that the pulsing heart of the band is Freeman himself, who plays with integrity and enthusiasm and who continues to bring an impressive lifetime of experience to his work.
https://www.amazon.com/George-Freeman/dp/B0C3RY6RT3
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Reseña editorial
George Freeman forma parte del jazz desde hace casi un siglo. Hermano de Von y tío de Chico Freeman, ha trabajado con los grandes, como Charlie Parker y Ben Webster. En la grabación aparece el legendario organista Joey DeFrancesco, que entró en el estudio sólo un par de meses antes de su prematura muerte. DeFrancesco admiraba el trabajo de Freeman en un LP de Jimmy McGriff, por lo que es muy conmovedor que ambos pudieran colaborar aquí. También aparece en 4 temas el fenómeno del bajo Christian McBride, que hace algunas interpretaciones con Freeman. Los baterías Lewis Nash y Carl Allen aportan ritmos propulsivos. Hay que decir, sin embargo, que el corazón palpitante de la banda es el propio Freeman, que toca con integridad y entusiasmo y que sigue aportando a su trabajo una impresionante experiencia de toda una vida.
https://www.amazon.com/George-Freeman/dp/B0C3RY6RT3
www.jazzdepot.com ...
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Joey DeFrancesco + The People • Project Freedom
We don't know when this album was recorded, but it's hard not to hear it as something of a counter-call to the current White House ethos. It opens with a snatch of John Lennon's ‘Imagine’ and Sam Cooke's ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ precedes the DeFrancesco-composed, soul-jazz meets Bach closer, ‘Stand Up’. In between, the title track quotes from ‘Let My People Go’ and the traditional ‘Lift Every Voice And Sing’ is surrounded by more originals with titles that include ‘The Unifier’, ‘Better Than Yesterday’, ‘Peace Bridge’ and ‘Karma’. The album – and especially that panoply of Hammond sounds – bursts with the life-force that is Joey DeFrancesco. He is a big man with a personality to match and musical talent that could fill a cathedral – which is what it feels like it fills here. His band rises to the challenges he throws them and is rewarded with a big bearhug of wrapped around B-3 warmth in return. So, ‘The Unifier’ has some funky inter-related tenor and organ, erupts into a Brown solo and then opens out with Wilson taking a lead; ‘Better Than Yesterday’ lowers the lights and eases the pace, Roberts' gospel tenor lifted to hallelujah heights on the waves of organ and drums, while ‘One’ features the leader ‘tripling’ on muted trumpet, electric piano and organ. A testifying album of high order which must rank right up there in DeFrancesco's discography of over 30 albums.
Author: Peter Bacon
https://www.jazzwise.com/review/joey-defrancesco-the-people-project-freedom
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No sabemos cuándo se grabó este álbum, pero es difícil no escucharlo como una especie de contraataque al espíritu actual de la Casa Blanca. Se abre con un fragmento de 'Imagine' de John Lennon y 'A Change Is Gonna Come' de Sam Cooke precede al acercamiento compuesto por DeFrancesco, soul-jazz y Bach, 'Stand Up'. En el medio, la canción principal cita de 'Let My People Go' y la tradicional 'Lift Every Voice And Sing' está rodeada de más originales con títulos que incluyen 'The Unifier', 'Better Than Yesterday', 'Peace Bridge' y 'Karma'. El álbum, y especialmente esa panoplia de sonidos de Hammond, estalla con la fuerza vital que es Joey DeFrancesco. Es un gran hombre con una personalidad a la altura y un talento musical que podría llenar una catedral, que es lo que se siente aquí. Su banda acepta los desafíos que les presenta y, a cambio, es recompensada con un gran abrazo de oso envuelto en B-3 warmth. Entonces, 'The Unifier' tiene un tenor y un órgano interrelacionados y funky, estalla en un solo marrón y luego se abre con Wilson tomando la delantera; 'Better Than Yesterday' baja las luces y alivia el ritmo, el tenor gospel de Roberts se elevó a alturas de aleluya sobre las olas del órgano y la batería, mientras que ' One 'presenta al líder 'triplicando' la trompeta apagada, el piano eléctrico y el órgano. Un álbum testimonial de alto nivel que debe estar a la altura de la discografía de DeFrancesco de más de 30 álbumes.
Autor: Peter Bacon
https://www.jazzwise.com/review/joey-defrancesco-the-people-project-freedom
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Temple University Jazz Band • Without You, No Me
When
his friend, colleague, mentor and confidante Jimmy Heath died in
January 2020, trumpeter Terell Stafford's first impulse was to find a
way to honor and remember the renowned Philadelphia-born saxophonist. As
Stafford is director of the Temple University Jazz Band, also in
Philadelphia, an obvious way would be to record a tribute album, which
Stafford set about preparing. And then the Covid-19 pandemic arrived,
scuttling those plans and most others on the drawing board.
The
band did manage to release one album, The Covid Sessions: A Social Call,
during the pandemic, recorded at long-distance with students "phoning
in" their performances from homes across the country, but it wasn't
until April 2021 that they were able to gather in the spacious Temple
Performing Arts Center using social distancing, plexiglass dividers and
half-hour "fresh air breaks" to record Without You, No Me, a picturesque
tribute to Heath featuring special guests (and fellow Philadelphians)
bassist Christian McBride and organist Joey DeFrancesco.
The
album also honors two other Philly legends who died within the past
year: saxophonist Bootsie Barnes and Hall of Fame basketball coach John
Chaney—Barnes with Temple alumnus Jack Saint Clair's high-octane
"Bootsie," Chaney with McBride's multi-layered "The Wise Old Owl." Heath
wrote the breezy "Without You, No Me" (for Dizzy Gillespie) and the
eloquent "Voice of the Saxophone," DeFrancesco the fast-paced "In That
Order," Todd Bashore (a former student of Heath's) the assertive opener,
"Passing of the Torch." Danielle Dougherty sings (quite well) on Saint
Clair's perceptive arrangements of the standard "Please Don't Talk About
Me When I'm Gone" and Shirley Scott's soulful "The Blues Ain't Nothin'
(But Some Pain)." Bassist John Clayton arranged "I Can't Give You
Anything But Love" (showcasing McBride's full-throated bass), pianist
Bill Cunliffe "In That Order." The freewheeling closer, Juan Tizol's
"Perdido," was scored by another Philadelphia icon, saxophonist Larry
McKenna. DeFrancesco solos on "In That Order" and (with McBride) on
"Perdido," McBride again on "The Wise Old Owl" and "I Can't Give You
Anything But Love."
The band is admirable throughout, as are its
(unnamed) soloists, one of whom may (or may not) be Stafford. McBride
and DeFrancesco? Impeccable, as always. Splendid cover art too: a
silhouette of Heath, saxophone in hand, against a backdrop of
Philadelphia skyscrapers. A warm and spacious salute to a jazz colossus
that was well worth the wait.
By Jack Bowers
November 28, 2021
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/without-you-no-me-temple-university-jazz-band-bcm-and-d-records
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Cuando
su amigo, colega, mentor y confidente Jimmy Heath murió en enero de
2020, el primer impulso del trompetista Terell Stafford fue encontrar
una manera de honrar y recordar al renombrado saxofonista nacido en
Filadelfia. Como Stafford es director de la Banda de Jazz de la
Universidad de Temple, también en Filadelfia, una forma obvia sería
grabar un álbum de homenaje, que Stafford se puso a preparar. Y entonces
llegó la pandemia de Covid-19, que echó por tierra esos planes y la
mayoría de los que estaban en marcha.
La banda consiguió publicar
un álbum, The Covid Sessions: A Social Call, durante la pandemia,
grabado a distancia con estudiantes que "llamaban por teléfono" a sus
actuaciones desde sus casas en todo el país, pero no fue hasta abril de
2021 cuando pudieron reunirse en el espacioso Temple Performing Arts
Center utilizando el distanciamiento social, los separadores de
plexiglás y las "pausas de aire fresco" de media hora para grabar
Without You, No Me, un pintoresco homenaje a Heath que cuenta con
invitados especiales (y compañeros de Filadelfia) el bajista Christian
McBride y el organista Joey DeFrancesco.
El álbum también rinde
homenaje a otras dos leyendas de Filadelfia que fallecieron el año
pasado: el saxofonista Bootsie Barnes y el entrenador de baloncesto del
Salón de la Fama John Chaney-Barnes con la canción de alto octanaje
"Bootsie", del ex alumno de Temple Jack Saint Clair, y Chaney con "The
Wise Old Owl", de McBride, de múltiples capas. Heath escribió la alegre
"Without You, No Me" (para Dizzy Gillespie) y la elocuente "Voice of the
Saxophone", DeFrancesco la acelerada "In That Order", Todd Bashore
(antiguo alumno de Heath) la asertiva apertura, "Passing of the Torch".
Danielle Dougherty canta (bastante bien) en los perspicaces arreglos de
Saint Clair del estándar "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" y la
conmovedora "The Blues Ain't Nothin' (But Some Pain)" de Shirley Scott.
El bajista John Clayton arregló "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
(mostrando el bajo de McBride a todo volumen), el pianista Bill Cunliffe
"In That Order". El cierre libre, "Perdido" de Juan Tizol, fue anotado
por otro icono de Filadelfia, el saxofonista Larry McKenna. DeFrancesco
hace un solo en "In That Order" y (con McBride) en "Perdido", McBride de
nuevo en "The Wise Old Owl" y "I Can't Give You Anything But Love".
La
banda es admirable en todo momento, al igual que sus solistas (sin
nombre), uno de los cuales puede (o no) ser Stafford. ¿McBride y
DeFrancesco? Impecables, como siempre. El arte de la portada también es
espléndido: una silueta de Heath, saxofón en mano, con un telón de fondo
de rascacielos de Filadelfia. Un saludo cálido y espacioso a un coloso
del jazz que ha merecido la pena esperar.
Por Jack Bowers
28 de noviembre de 2021
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/without-you-no-me-temple-university-jazz-band-bcm-and-d-records
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Houston Person • A Little Houston On The Side
Review by Al Campbell
This budget disc from the 32 Jazz label is aptly titled A Little Houston on the Side. It highlights the jazz-soul of tenor saxophonist Houston Person: a leader, sideman, and producer. The material on this compilation comes from Person's stint with the now-defunct Muse label, and was recorded in the '70s, '80s, and early '90s. A Little Houston on the Side emphasizes the stripped-down raucous blues of Hammond B-3 heroes Joey DeFrancesco, Sonny Phillips, and Groove Holmes, although a highlight has to be Jack McDuff's "Walking the Dog," featuring the battling tenors of Person and Ron Bridgewater. The tenor-organ combo bases are beautifully covered here. Also represented are the soulful vocals of Etta Jones, pianist Charles Brown, and a duet with bassist Ron Carter. Person's haunting, breathy tone is used to great effect on the ballads "My Romance" and "I Remember Clifford," but this reissue also reminds us he can blow in a hard bop tenor style influenced by greats like John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon. Person's versions of "Equinox" and "Broadway" are classic examples of the hard bop influence on his playing. Recommended.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-little-houston-on-the-side-mw0000252546
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Reseña de Al Campbell
Este disco económico del sello 32 Jazz se titula acertadamente A Little Houston on the Side. Destaca el jazz-soul del saxofonista tenor Houston Person: líder, sideman y productor. El material de esta recopilación procede de la etapa de Person en el desaparecido sello Muse, y fue grabado en los años 70, 80 y principios de los 90. A Little Houston on the Side hace hincapié en el blues despojado y estridente de los héroes del Hammond B-3 Joey DeFrancesco, Sonny Phillips y Groove Holmes, aunque lo más destacado es «Walking the Dog» de Jack McDuff, con los tenores de Person y Ron Bridgewater. Las bases del combo tenor-órgano están maravillosamente cubiertas aquí. También están representadas las voces conmovedoras de Etta Jones, el pianista Charles Brown y un dúo con el bajista Ron Carter. El inquietante tono de Person se utiliza con gran efecto en las baladas «My Romance» y «I Remember Clifford», pero esta reedición también nos recuerda que puede soplar en un estilo de tenor hard bop influenciado por grandes como John Coltrane y Dexter Gordon. Las versiones de Person de «Equinox» y «Broadway» son ejemplos clásicos de la influencia del hard bop en su forma de tocar. Recomendado.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-little-houston-on-the-side-mw0000252546
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Joey DeFrancesco • Where Were You
Review:
by Scott Yanow
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Jake Langley • Movin & Groovin
Jake
returns to the organ-jazz based trio with his new release Movin' &
Groovin, again teaming up with world famous organist Joey De Francesco
and drummer Byron Landham, this trio instills life into the genre with
exciting guitar solos soaring above Byron's pulsating grooves and the
unmistakable genius of Joey's Hammond B3.
jakelangley.com ...
Colaborador / Contributor: Mich58
Thursday, October 3, 2024