Jazz
Post-Bop
Recorded: October 15, 2003, Van Gelder Recording, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
David "Fathead" Newman (tenor saxophone, flute); Curtis Fuller (trombone); John Hicks (piano); John Menegon (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums)
The definitive soul-jazz, blues and funk player, David 'Fathead' Newman also has the capacity to burn in a bebop mode and wax poetic over a romantic ballad with the best of them. David accomplishes all of the above on his new record, "Song for the New Man." A native of Dallas, David came to national prominence in the '50s while working with Ray Charles. He has been a reliably swinging force on the scene and a imaginative, well-respected leader for the past four decades. With keyboard giant, John Hicks, laying down the changes, the great Jimmy Cobb propelling the rhythm along and slide-man Curtis Fuller adding a second deeply burnished voice to the proceedings, David offers up nine tunes that alternately burn with a warm glow or blaze away on the front burner. |
