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| The Pecan Tree |
| Joe Sample |
| első megjelenés éve: 2002 |
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| (2008)
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| 4.076 Ft
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| 1. | The Pecan Tree
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| 2. | Hot and Humid
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| 3. | No One But Myself to Blame
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| 4. | X Marks the Spot (Marie Laveau)
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| 5. | Fool's Gold
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| 6. | Spanish Moss
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| 7. | In a Heartbeat
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| 8. | El Dorado
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| 9. | With These Hands
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| 10. | The Texas Two Step
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| 11. | Memories
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Jazz
Joe Sample - Liner Notes, Piano, Producer
Dean Parks - Guitar
Howard Hewett - Vocals
James Gadson - Drums
Jay Anderson - Bass
Larry Aberman - Drums
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Lizz Wright - Vocals
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Peter Wolf - Synthesizer
The Pecan Tree is Joe Sample’s impressive follow-up to his 1999 hit recording The Song Lives On (PRA/GRP). Unlike that session, largely a duet album with vocalist Lalah Hathaway, this new disc is an eclectic mix of styles and sounds that draws on all aspects of Sample’s varied talents as both composer and pianist. The Pecan Tree has the added distinction of becoming the first recording of Joe’s illustrious career as a leader to appear on the Verve label.
* Bill Schnee - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
* Bill Traylor - Artwork, Cover Art
* Doug Sax - Mastering
* John Cabalka - Art Direction
* Koji Egawa - Assistant Engineer
* Michael Piazza - Photography
* Ryan Petrie - Assistant Engineer
* Steven Silverstein - Photography
* Tom Sweeny - Assistant Engineer
The Pecan Tree is a collection of 11 compositions from master pianist/composer Joe Sample that were inspired by his Southeast Texas roots and influences. As a founding member of the pioneering quartet the Jazz Crusaders and as a solo artist, the pianist has created an impressive musical style based upon his early appreciation for jazz, gospel, soul, bebop, blues, Latin, and classical music. The Pecan Tree features many of those musical genres performed with such special guests as Lenny Castro and Paulinho da Costa on percussion, renowned R&B vocalist Howard Hewett, and newcomer Lizz Wright. Sample's Quintet kicks off the set with the title track, a Latin-tinged mid-tempo instrumental that features Sample's beautiful melodicism in harmony with the percussive mastery of Lenny Castro. The ensemble brings their creativity ingenuity to "Hot and Humid," a sweltering musical story of the region's weather condition. You can literally feel the heat from Sample's fiery piano chops. The soulful voice of Howard Hewett on "With These Hands" also makes this CD entertaining. He envelopes the listener with his gospel-tinged R&B tenor and holds you spellbound throughout this lovely ballad with his powerful range and heartfelt lyricism. The Pecan Tree is an apt tribute in the form of choice songs that describe Sample's true essence as a great musical storyteller and ranks alongside his smash hit Carmel with respect to his ability to deliver musical metaphors through smart phrasing and compelling melodies that reflect local settings.
---Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide
Joe Sample
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Feb 01, 1939 in Houston, TX
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Crossover Jazz, Fusion, Hard Bop, Jazz-Pop, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Smooth Jazz, Soul-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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