Recorded January 15, 2001 in Brooklyn, NY, USA
Jazz
Neo-Bop
Post-Bop
David Hazeltine (P)
Steve Davis (Tb)
Jim Snidero (Fl)
Jesse van Ruller (G)
Nat Reeves (B)
Tony Reedus (D)
On Good-Hearted People, his second quintet session for Criss Cross, David Hazeltine takes on the challenge of writing for the contrasting textures of the trombone-alto saxophone front line, -- Steve Davis and Jim Snidero -- a pairing virtually without precedent in the jazz canon.
Propelled by bassist Nat Reeves and drummer Tony Reedus, the date swings madly, while Hazeltine contributes the beautiful color-voicings and lucid, cool-fire improvisating we've become accustomed to. As a guest on two tracks the great Dutch guitarist and Thelonious Monk Competition winner Jesse Van Ruller. |
