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| 1. | How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?
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| 2. | Ain't Misbehavin'
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| 3. | Avalon
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| 4. | Soul Shadows
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| 5. | I Got Rhythm
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| 6. | I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
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| 7. | Spellbound
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| 8. | It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
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| 9. | The Entertainer
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| 10. | Shreveport Stomp
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| 11. | Embraceable You
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| 12. | Jitterbug Waltz
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Jazz
Joe Sample - Piano, Producer, Soloist
* Adam Ayan - Mastering
* Bob Ludwig - Mastering
* Hollis King - Art Direction
* John Newcott - Release Coordinator
* Kelly Pratt - Release Coordinator
* Paul Mitchell - Associate Producer, Engineer, Mixing
* Perry Hagopian - Photography
If anyone out in CD land ever wondered what a Joe Sample solo piano album would sound like, here it is -- and it's a good bet that this is not what a Sample fan would expect. Rather than conform to the cerebral solo piano mainstream as exhaustively set forth in the "Maybeck" series, Sample's inspiration goes way, way back -- back to the teens and 1920s, to the formative, nearly-forgotten example of James Reese Europe, to the heydays of ragtime and stride. On this CD, the key for Sample is to make sure no one misses the missing bass and drums, to keep the pulse of jazz present as much as possible, with lots of thumping stride as a default mode. He does not disguise his heavyweight, full-fisted approach to the keyboard, and there are some occasionally clumsy moments when the line of thought strays. The repertoire is old, perhaps even ancient, at times a bit naive; When was the last time you heard "How You Gonna Keep `Em Down on the Farm?" on any new recording, let alone a jazz record? Gershwin gets his due ( a brittle "I Got Rhythm" and a sometimes whimsical ballad treatment of "Embraceable You"), so does Fats Waller ("Ain't Misbehavin," a staccato "Jitterbug Waltz"), Scott Joplin (a somewhat hesitant "The Entertainer"), and Jelly Roll Morton (a jaunty "Shreveport Stomp"). There are also a pair of Sample originals in a contemplative manner ("Soul Shadows" and "Spellbound"). Although smooth jazz outlets probably won't touch this sampling of Sample, antiquarians will be intrigued.
--- Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide
Joe Sample
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Feb 01, 1939 in Houston, TX
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz-Pop, Mainstream Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
One of the many jazzmen who started out playing hard bop but went electric during the fusion era, Joe Sample was, in the late '50s, a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders along with trombonist Wayne Henderson, tenor saxman Wilton Felder, and drummer Stix Hooper. The Crusaders' debt to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers wasn't hard to miss -- except that the L.A.-based unit had no trumpeter, and became known for its unique tenor/trombone front line. Sample, a hard-swinging player who could handle chordal and modal/scalar improvisation equally well, stuck to the acoustic piano during the Crusaders' early years -- but would place greater emphasis on electric keyboards when the band turned to jazz-funk in the early '70s and dropped "Jazz" from its name. Though he'd recorded as a trio pianist on 1969's obscure Fancy Dance, 1978's Rainbow Seeker was often described as his first album as a leader. In contrast to the gritty music the Crusaders became known for, Sample's own albums on MCA and, later, Warner Bros. and PRA have generally favored a very lyrical and introspective jazz-pop approach.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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