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| 1. | G'on An' Git It Y'all
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| 2. | Stella By Starlight*
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| 3. | Wild Women Don't Worry
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| 4. | Fos' Alarm
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| 5. | Lover
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| 6. | Shiny Stockings**
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| 7. | Where Or When
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| 8. | Cecilia Is Love
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| 9. | You Go To My Head
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| 10. | Skull-Doug-Ery
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Jazz
In Frank's words, "This is something quite different…I'm not trying to revolutionize the big band, I'm just telling it the way I hear it with thirteen horns and a rhythm section." After leading the Basie band for a decade, in '95 Foster put down the baton to form his band-the Loud Minority. I jumped at the chance to record their week residency at NY's Jazz Standard. The band was on a roll, playing high-energy, devil-may-care jazz. The crowd loved their blazing brass, their stomping solos, the powerful baritone vocals, the peerless Foster arrangements. My mikes captured the electric excitement of Jon Faddis' trumpet solos, Basie-singer Dennis Rowland's rabble-rousing "Wild Women Don't Worry", and Sylvia Cuenca's thunderous drum solo on "Lover". (#09532)
Frank Foster, leader, arranger
Bruce Williams, lead alto sax
Joe Ford, alto sax
Bill Saxton, tenor sax
Keith Loftis, tenor sax
James Stewart, baritone sax
Frank Greene, lead trumpet
Derrick Gardner, trumpet
Kenyatta Beasley, trumpet
Jeremy Pelt, trumpet *
Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet **
Vincent Gardner, lead trombone
Clark Gaton, trombone
Stafford Hunter, trombone
Bill Lowe, bass trombone, tuba
Daniel Mixon, piano
Earl May, bass
Sylvia Cuenca, drums
with special guests:
Jon Faddis, trumpet
Paul Hines, equipment manager, band aide
Dennis Rowland, vocals (Dennis Rowland is a Concord recording artist and appears courtesy of Concord)
1. solos: D.Mixon, piano and C.Gaton, trumpet, arr: F.Foster
2. solos: J.Pelt, trumpet; arr: F.Foster
3. vocals: D.Rowland; solos: J.Faddis, trumpet and B.Saxton, tenor sax; arr: D.Carley
4. solos: J.Stewart, bari sax; arr: F.Foster
5. solos: B.Saxton, tenor sax and S.Cuenca, drums, arr: F.Foster
6. vocals: D.Rowland; solos: C.Bridgewater, trumpet and B.Saxton, tenor sax; arr: F.Foster
7. vocals: D.Rowland; arr: F.Foster
8. solos: J.Faddis, trumpet, J.Stewart, bari sax and D.Mixon, piano; arr: F.Foster
9. vocals: D.Rowland; solos: D.Gardner, trombone; arr: F.Foster
10. solos: K.Loftis, tenor sax and D.Mixon, piano; arr: F.Foster
Frank Foster's Loud Minority Big Band is more limber than loud -- although it doesn't shrink from shouting whenever that's appropriate on this persuasive in-concert album recorded in June '02 at NYC's Jazz Standard, when the seventy-three-year-old Foster was recovering from a stroke that immobilized his left arm and left leg and limited his role to that of emcee.
As one would expect from an old hand who joined the Count Basie Orchestra half a century ago and fronted the band for nine years (1986-95), Foster salutes the Count's buoyant spirit in almost every way save repeating well-traveled numbers from the Basie book (with one exception, his classic "Shiny Stockings," handsomely renovated for the occasion). Foster's other originals ("G'on an' Git It Y'all," "Fos' Alarm," "Cecilia Is Love," "Skull-Doug-Ery") were written especially for the seven-year-old Loud Minority ensemble. Completing the program are four standards ("Stella by Starlight," "Lover," "You Go to My Head," "Where or When") and one blues, "Wild Women Don't Worry," the last three featuring the seductive baritone of special guest and ex-Basie vocalist Dennis Rowland.
Foster's other guest, trumpeter Jon Faddis, shakes the rafters on "Wild Women" and "Cecilia," and trumpeters Jeremy Pelt and Cecil Bridgewater glisten and glow on "Stella" and "Stockings," respectively. Baritone saxophonist James Stewart is showcased on "Fos' Alarm," tenor Bill Saxton and drummer Sylvia Cuenca (a last-minute replacement whose forceful timekeeping earned her a permanent gig with band) on "Lover," tenor Keith Loftis on "Skull-Doug-Ery," while pianist Daniel Mixon has a number of engaging ideas to impart on "G'on an' Git It," "Cecilia," "Skull-Doug-Ery" and (uncredited) "Shiny Stockings." There are some other minor errors on the playlist, with trombonist Clark Gaton listed as trumpet soloist on "G'on an' Git It," trumpeter Derrick Gardner as trombonist on "You Go to My Head," Rowland as vocalist (he's not) on "Shiny Stockings."
Echoing Basie's philosophy, Foster writes that "you can't keep a band of brilliant players together and burning without challenging them with a constant stream of fresh new music." Let's hope that Foster keeps challenging the Loud Minority for years to come.
---Jack Bowers, All About Jazz: |
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