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| 1. | September Song
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| 2. | Solitude
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| 3. | The Changes of Life
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| 4. | All Alone
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| 5. | Mandella
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| 6. | Giant Steps
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| 7. | Left Alone
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| 8. | Family Suite
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| 9. | Stardust
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Jazz
Jaki Byard - Arranger, Composer, Leader, Piano
Ralph Hamperian - Bass
Richard "Bosky" Allen - Drums
Makoto Kimata - Producer
Jaki Byard was in a mellow mood for these sessions recorded in early 1996, two years before his still-unsolved murder. Accompanied by bassist Ralph Hamperian and drummer Richard Allen, this CD emphasizes ballads for the most part. His treatment of "September Song" is especially lyrical, with a few rumbling chords and a tasty bass solo by Hamperian. He shows some of his trademarked playfulness, and a bit of light stride piano in an otherwise meditative interpretation of Duke Ellington's "Solitude." It's hard to top his abstract arrangement of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," played at a glacier-like tempo, or the haunting beauty of Mal Waldron's "Left Alone." Byard's originals are always of interest. "The Changes of Life" is a bit ominous at first, then quickly segues into a breezy bop setting. Allen introduces "Mandella" with a tribal rhythm, with Hamperian's arco bass and Byard's floating chords gradually working their way in, though the percussion remains central to this miniature. Byard also revisits his extended "Family Suite," which previously appeared in part on Family Man. This hard-to-find Japanese CD, issued by Meldac, can be purchased through www.ejazzlines.com.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Jaki Byard
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Jun 15, 1922 in Worcester, MA
Died: Feb 11, 1999 in Queens, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Progressive Big Band, Post-Bop, Early Creative, Stride, Third Stream, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz
The late Jaki Byard was, arguably, the most versatile pianist in jazz, though he also played trumpet and was an excellent tenor saxophonist. Born in 1922, he grew up during the golden era, and while younger than Duke Ellington, he embraced, as had his predecessor, all of the changes the music went through, from its origins in New Orleans through the free improvisation era. Byard would, in a single solo concert, reveal his truly awesome mastery of the aforementioned styles, as well as R&B, stride, swing, funk, blues, honky tonk, and the extreme arpeggios of Art Tatum. But Byard's style was completely his own, developed from his early days playing with Earl Bostic in the late '40s and early '50s. After leaving Bostic, he played with Herb Pomeroy and Maynard Ferguson until he won a spot in the legendary Charles Mingus band of 1962-1964 along with Eric Dolphy. He also recorded with Dolphy and Booker Ervin, as well as Charlie Mariano and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. One of his notable achievements was as the pianist in the Mingus band that tore apart concert halls all over Europe in 1964. Between 1961 and 1972, he issued a string of his own dates for Prestige (Hi-Fly, Here's Jaki, and Out Front! among them) and other labels; they embody his finest work, with a rhythm section that included Richard Davis and Alan Dawson, though he never made a bad record. Byard became an educator in the early '70s (after another collaboration with Mingus in 1970), teaching at Harvard, the Hart School of Music, and the New England Conservatory, and he recorded and performed intermittently the world over until his death from a gunshot wound in 1999.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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