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| 1. | Boston Baked Blues
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| 2. | Fire and Rain
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| 3. | Autumn Moonlight
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| 4. | Take Your Time, But Hurry Up!
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| 5. | Palace of the Seven Jewels
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| 6. | Organ Grinder
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| 7. | Intrepid Warrior
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| 8. | Lost in a Dream
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| 9. | Visible Man
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| 10. | First Time We Met
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Jazz
Avery Sharpe: acoustic bass, vocals
OnajeAllan Gumbs: piano
Winard Harper: drums, percussion
This is the follow up to the trio's previous recording of "Dragon Fly" (2005). The acoustic trio recording features of course Avery on bass and longtime associates, Onaje Allan Gumbs on piano and Winard Harper on drums.
The recording features 6 originals by Avery, 2 originals by Onaje, a killing arrangement of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" and an arrangement of trumpet great Woody Shaw's "Organ Grinder".
Three jazz giants - Avery Sharpe, onaje allan gumbs, and Winard Harper - create inventive acoustic jazz. Features incredibly creative straight-ahead and progressive acoustic jazz composition and improvisation. Includes six originals by avery Sharpe, two originals by onaje allan gumbs, a song by Woody Shaw, and a killer arrangement of James taylor's "Fire and Rain".
Although Avery Sharpe has a long list of impressive credits as a sideman, the veteran bassist's catalog as a leader isn't nearly as large as his admirers would like it to be. Many of the heavyweights Sharpe has backed over the years (including McCoy Tyner and Archie Shepp) have much larger catalogs. Regardless, Sharpe has provided some fine albums as a leader along the way, and Autumn Moonlight is nothing to complain about. Recorded in 2008, this solid post-bop outing finds Sharpe forming an acoustic trio with pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs and drummer Winard Harper. Straight-ahead jazz dates often emphasize standards -- perhaps Tin Pan Alley standards, perhaps hard bop standards, perhaps post-bop standards -- but Autumn Moonlight doesn't take the "jazz as repertory music" approach. Instead, Sharpe's own compositions dominate the 59-minute CD, and the lyrical Gumbs contributed two pieces as well. The only songs on Autumn Moonlight that weren't written by either Sharpe or Gumbs are trumpeter Woody Shaw's "Organ Grinder" and James Taylor's "Fire and Rain," which works perfectly well in a post-bop setting. Sharpe and his colleagues don't offer a lame note-for-note cover of "Fire and Rain" or approach the soft rock/adult contemporary favorite as elevator music the way that so many smooth jazz automatons would; instead, they improvise enthusiastically and provide an interpretation that has a serious acoustic jazz perspective. Autumn Moonlight isn't quite as essential as the excellent Legends and Mentors album that Sharpe recorded in 2007; even so, it's a rewarding effort that finds him on top of his game as both an upright bassist and a composer. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Avery Sharpe
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1955
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop
An excellent bassist, Avery Sharpe is best known for his longtime association with McCoy Tyner's trio. He originally played piano (starting when he was eight) and accordion, switching to electric (and eventually acoustic) bass a few years later. At the University of Massachusetts, Sharpe had the opportunity to study with Reggie Workman, and he gigged with Wynton Marsalis and Pat Metheny. Sharpe first teamed up with McCoy Tyner in his early-'80s sextet, and has been a member of the pianist's trio since 1984. In addition, Sharpe has led one session for Sunnyside (1988) and a pair of CDs for his JKNM label.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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