Jazz
Recorded June 10, 1999 in Brooklyn, NY, USA by Max Bolleman
Herlin Riley (D)
Ryan Kisor (Tp)
Wycliffe Gordon (Tb)
Victor Goines (Ts / Ss / Bs / Cl)
Farid Barron (P)
Rodney Whitaker (B)
Watch What You're Doing is the debut recording of Herlin Riley, the 42-year-old master New Orleans drummer who spent five years with Ahmad Jamal, six years with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Septet, and has been the drummer-of-choice of Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for the past decade.
Joined by a choice ensemble of LCJO colleagues, trumpeter Ryan Kisor, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, saxist Victor Goines, pianist Farid Barron and bassist Rodney Whitaker, Riley conjures a profound meditation on the rhythmic timeline befitting his griotic status as an improviser who has lived the tradition from the inside-out. |
