Phil Woods: Musique Du Bois

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2008-04-03
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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ALL MUSIC GUIDE; Rating: ****1/2:
On Musique Du Bois, things start with a chorded bass-alto workout in the intro of Samba du Bois, actually more a hard bop than Brazilian excursion, with Phil Woods' alto frying on the edges. The most inventive juxtaposition of All Blues welded to Willow Weep for Me works perfectly over ten-plus minutes, in a steady but quick waltz tempo. This is a tour-de-force reading, Woods wafting over Jaki Byard's blue-green chords. During his solo, the pianist goes light blue in cascading, flowing phrases that tumble out of the 88 keys. Nefertiti is vastly different than the Miles Davis-Wayne Shorter original; where that one was haunting, sparse, swelling and free, Woods interprets this as an easy swinger, anchored on terra firma with Byard's scurrying solo and funky R&B coda a listener's delight. The band goes through definite time shifts, from easy bluesy groove to funk and hard bop during The Last Page; they swing Airegin pretty well; and during The Summer Knows, the altoist confirms what many have long since known -- that he is an unsurpassed master when interpreting a standard in ballad form. A lilting alternate take of Samba du Bois is the more Latin-oriented one, same tempo but with drums and the trio introing and playing all the way through. This CD is a widely acknowledged modern jazz masterpiece, a classic in the discography of Woods, easily amongst the best five recordings of his long and storied career -- and a must-buy.
[Michael G. Nastos - ALL MUSIC GUIDE]

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE 100 BEST JAZZ ALBUMS OF ALL TIME !

muzycy:
Phil Woods (alto saxophone)
Jaki Byard (piano)
Richard Davis (double bass)
Alan Dawson (drums)

utwory:
1. Samba Du Bois
2. Willow Weep For Me
3. Nefertiti
4. The Last Page
5. The Summer Knows
6. Airegin
7. Samba du Bois

wydano: 2008-02-01
nagrano: Recorded January, 1974
more info: www.venusrecord.com