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| 1. | Pink Cloud
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| 2. | Street Smart
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| 3. | Little Big One
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| 4. | Day By Day
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| 5. | Milk And Cookies
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| 6. | Where's Manuel?
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| 7. | More Of Less
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| 8. | The Reluctant Traveller
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| 9. | Symmetry
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Jazz / Post-Bop, Hard Bop
Ron McClure - Bass, Producer, Liner Notes
Jeff Williams Drums
Jon Davis Piano
Mike Nock Executive Producer
Rick Margitza Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Bassist Ron McClure has always had an open mind when it comes to playing in different genres and styles. In the late '60s, he was part of the Charles Lloyd quartet, along with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, and a member of the Fourth Way, where he replaced Cecil McBee. Both outfits enjoyed success with jazz and rock audiences. During one stretch in the '70s, McClure worked with Thelonious Monk, then Sarah Vaughan, before joining Blood, Sweat and Tears for three years as an arranger, composer, and bassist. McClure's broad outlook continues to inform his more current work. Pink Cloud from 1996 finds McClure's outstanding quartet exploring the bassist's original hard bop, modal, and mainstream themes, and occasionally branching off into ECM-style impressionism. His partners form a cohesive unit that communicates at the highest level. Rick Margitza (tenor and soprano saxophone) has a mastery of the soprano on a par with Wayne Shorter's and Jan Garbarek's. His tone is full, rich, and controlled. Pianist Jon Davis wears his Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, and Richie Beirach influences proudly. He's incorporated their lessons into a personal sound that fits well with McClure's free-ranging conception. Drummer Jeff Williams is, like McClure, a Dave Liebman alumnus. He is not as free as Paul Motian, but he shares Motian's ability to move the music forward with subtle accents and shifts in the pulse of the basic tempo. McClure's playing has been justifiably compared with the quick, clear, light touch that the late Scott LaFaro brought to prominence as a member of Bill Evans' celebrated trio from 1959 to 1961. Like Lafaro with Evans, McClure's work is key his group's sound. As well, he has long been a writer of thoughtful, dynamic compositions. Eight of his pieces are effectively developed by the quartet on Pink Cloud. The recording on this Naxos release captures the quartet's close-knit, intimate sound very well, as it ranges over McClure's swinging, introspective, atmospheric and straight-ahead modern jazz vistas. ~ Jim Todd, All Music Guide
Ron McClure
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Nov 22, 1941 in New Haven, CT
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop
A resourceful and flexible bassist, Ron McClure has thrived in hard bop, jazz-rock, and free and bebop sessions and bands. One of the finest upper register players on either acoustic or electric, his rhythmic skills are tremendous. McClure has also been an active educator since the early '70s, teaching at Berklee and Long Island University and doing workshops both nationally and internationally. He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass. McClure studied privately with Joseph Iadone and attended the Hartt School of Music, graduating in 1963. He later studied composition with Hall Overton and Don Sebesky. McClure played with Buddy Rich in the mid-'60s, and worked and recorded with Marian McPartland, Herbie Mann, and Maynard Ferguson during that same period. McClure played in Wyton Kelly's band in 1966, then joined Charles Lloyd in 1967. The Lloyd group also included Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, and enjoyed unusual popularity and publicity for a late-'60s jazz band. They were the first American group to play at a Soviet jazz festival, and also appeared at the Fillmore, one of the few jazz acts to play there. McClure was a founding member of the jazz-rock band the Fourth Way -- with Michael White, Mike Nock, and Eddie Marshall -- in 1968. They got a good response at the Newport and Montreux festivals in 1970, but disbanded in 1971 after a three-year stint. During the '70s, McClure played with Joe Henderson, Gary Burton, Mose Allison, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Liebman, Thelonious Monk, Tony Bennett, and Jarrett. He recorded with Jerry Hahn, Julian Priester, Cal Tjader, and the Pointer Sisters, and spent three years with Blood, Sweat & Tears in the mid-'70s. McClure played and recorded with George Russell, Tom Harrell, John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Mark Gray, Jimmy Madison, Adam Nussbaum, Richie Bierarch, Vincent Herring, Kevin Hayes, Bill Stewart, and Michel Petrucciani in the '80s and '90s. McClure has done sessions as a leader for Ode, Bellaphon, EPC, Steeplechase, and Ken Music. He has a few dates available on CD.
---Ron Wynn and Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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