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Track Listing
1. Harriet Tubman
2. Elveen
3. Thick in the South
4. So This Is Jazz, Huh?
5. L. C. on the Cut
Album Notes
Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Marcus Roberts (piano); Bob Hurst (bass); Elvin Jones, Jeff Watts (drums).
Recorded at BMG Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Stanley Crouch.
With this album, Marsalis distances himself from the (favorable) comparisons to the classic 1950s Miles Davis Quintet(s)--instead the overall sound and feel here is that of a mid-1960s Blue Note session. Two players who were integral to that legendary period in jazz history are present here: tenor titan Joe Henderson and drummer Elvin Jones (who was in John Coltrane's Quartet and, since, an important bandleader in his own right).
Unlike some of the Blue Note dates, this album is thick with a blues feel--the tunes are haunting and moody, with a covert feeling of yearning and loss. Marsalis sounds less like Miles and more like himself, the rhythm section surges with power, tension and restraint and Henderson proves once again he's one of the best tenor players on the jazz scene today. (He sounds like a synthesis of the best aspects of Coltrane, Stan Getz and Sonny Rollins.) A potent and moving set.
Industry Reviews
4 Stars - Very Good - ...an ambitious program of Ellingtonian proportions...
Down Beat (11/01/1991)
...Cool and melancholic, these various takes on the blues form signify nothing less than the possibilities still inherent in the jazz tradition. Marsalis knows how to convey emotion, and this, and the other two volumes of the series it belongs to, do just that...
New York Times (01/01/1992)
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