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| 1. | In Walked Monk
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| 2. | The Long Goodbye
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| 3. | Three for A.B.
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| 4. | Spunky
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| 5. | Midnight Martini
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| 6. | Count on Me
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| 7. | O Feitico Dela
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| 8. | African Heat
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| 9. | Lou's Lament
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| 10. | To Gerry
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| 11. | In Search of Senor Charles
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Jazz
Guido Basso - flugelhorn
Roddy Ellias - guitar
Fraser Hollins - bass
Claude Lavergne - drums
Dave Turner - saxophone
* Jean-Francois Chicoine - Mastering
* Jim West - Executive Producer
* Karen Birdgenaw - Design, Illustrations
* Reid Morris - Design, Illustrations
This CD is a follow up to Last Call At Cafe Alto which featured alto saxophonist Turner and the jazz compositions of Richard Karmel and Steve Rosenbloom. Flugelhorn master Basso joins Turner, and they make about as engaging a front line as you'll find in mainstream jazz. Turner's highly technical abilities mesh with a fluid, sing-song lyrical approach, while Basso is about the warmest brass player in Canada, maybe anywhere. The rhythm section comprises the wonderful guitarist Roddy Elias, bassist Fraser Hollins and drumer Claude Lavergne. On this eleven tune program, ballads and slower tunes are predominant, and are peppered throughout. In most cases as the title track and Alan Broadbent's waltz "The Long Goodbye," Turner and Basso play seperately, taking turns. They do play together at the intro and outro of "Lou's Lament," and leave plenty of space for Elias's emotion laden guitar to patiently weave spells. Another "Waltz for A.B." dedicated to Broadbent continues the Haunted HeartQuartet West thematic similarities. Some of the dedicatory pieces are so subtle; "In Walked Monk" based on inspiration from Thelonious Monk's "In Walked Bud" sounds so simplistic it is closer to a Count Basie riff. "Count Me In" is a more complex calypso. "African Heat" inspired by Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night In Tunisia" is a light samba with some nice unison lines. "Spunky," with references to Cannonball Adderley and Art Blakey, comes out swinging in mid-tempo fashion with a dramatic melody, and another fine guitar solo by Elias. Basso plays harmonica on the ballad "To Gerry" as beautifully as Toots Thielemans might, while the closer, a latin burner "In Search Of Senor Charles" and the bossa "O Feitico Dela" harnesses the most energy, and creating most memorable tension-and-release aspects of the session, again Elias shining in the middle of the action. It's clear that the playing is stronger than the compositions, solely due to the competence of Turner, Basso & Elias. In a club setting we'd bet they're dynamite, but on CD they're more restrained, and that'll be fine for cool school heads and those who like their jazz with wisps of steam.
---Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Guido Basso
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop
Trumpet, flugelhorn. He's not Canada's best known jazz musician, but Guido Basso has been around since the mid-'60s, playing tart, hot licks, and heading large and small bands. He's made mellow mainstream sessions, done Afro-Latin and big band dates, plus bop and originals.
---Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
Dave Turner
Active Decades: '80s and '90s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop
Formed in October 1998 to record an improvisational set in Montreal's Maison de la Culture Frontenac (which would result in the album, Year of the Tiger, released in 1999), the Dave Turner Quartet brought together some of Canada's most experienced jazz musicians. Saxophonist Dave Turner and pianist Jean Beaudet formed the home-town core of this group, aided by Toronto musicians Barry Elmes on drums and Steve Wallace on bass. The resulting sound was heavily steeped in bop and swing, with the bulk of the songs featuring Turner's compositions and arrangements.
---Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide |
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