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| Live at the Village Vanguard [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Bruce Barth |
| első megjelenés éve: 2003 |
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| (2003)
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CD |
| 3.991 Ft
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| 1. | Little Ditty
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| 2. | Star Eyes
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| 3. | In the Still of the Night
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| 4. | Song for Alex
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| 5. | San Francisco Holiday
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| 6. | Evidence
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| 7. | Let's Call This
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| 8. | Days of June
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| 9. | Prospect Avenue Blues
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| 10. | When the Sun Comes Out
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Jazz
Bruce Barth, piano
Ugonna Okegwo, bass
Al Foster, drums
Terell Stafford, trumpet & flugelhorn
Steve Wilson, alto & soprano saxophone, clarinet
Adam Kolker, tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
“This is Bruce’s seventh album as a leader, and it’s exemplary. The music, a mixture of originals and standards, is crafted creatively: there’s a variety of moods and ensembles, from sextet to solo piano; the playing is uniformly top drawer; and the sound is expansive and very present. All told, East And West is one of the best jazz albums in recent memory.”
* David Baker - Engineer, Mixing
* Dena Katz - Photography
* Eiji Takasugi - Assistant Engineer
* Jimmy Katz - Photography
* Katsuhiko Naito - Engineer, Mastering
* Pressley Jacobs - Art Direction, Design
Bruce Barth has a reputation for being one of the more singer-friendly jazz pianists on the East Coast. Some jazz instrumentalists can be very myopic when it comes to singers; they go out of their way to avoid them. But Barth has been good about accompanying singers, which is why everyone from Kevin Mahogany to LaVerne Butler to Dominique Eade has employed him as a sideman. Nonetheless, Barth is primarily an instrumentalist, and this CD is among the releases that finds him in a leadership role instead of an accompanist role. Recorded live at New York's famous Village Vanguard in August 2002, this post-bophard bop disc unites Barth with bassist Ugonna Okegwo and veteran drummer Al Foster. Barth's albums usually contain at least one or two pieces by Thelonious Monk, and Live at the Village Vanguard is no exception. On this CD, Barth turns his attention to three Monk compositions ("Let's Call This," "Evidence" and "San Francisco Holiday") as well as Cole Porter's "In the Still of the Night" and some original material. But as much as Barth obviously appreciates Monk's writing, he doesn't sound a lot like him. As a soloist, Barth actually has more in common with Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. Nonetheless, he will, at times, acknowledge Monk's angular style of playing during a solo--overall, Evans and Hancock are greater influences on Barth's playing, but that doesn't mean that he can't have the occasional Monk-ish moment when he's improvising. Live at the Village Vanguard isn't groundbreaking; Barth never pretended to be an innovator. But he's good at what he does and has his share of inspired moments on this solid, if derivative, outing.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Bruce Barth CD's feature a superb collection of originals and standards performed by one of the most intuitive pianists and composers in the industry. In addition to touring with his own trio, Barth has performed extensively with Stanley Turrentine and Terence Blanchard, and has played with such luminaries as Nat Adderley, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Hargrove.
East And West Released July 2001 |
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