Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 74:07
Size: 169.7 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[10:41] 1. Juicy Lucy
[ 8:28] 2. Goin' Down
[ 5:27] 3. Fine And Dandy
[10:36] 4. Fin De L'affaire
[12:51] 5. Corner Kisses
[ 8:45] 6. Boss Bossa
[ 6:31] 7. Sunday In New York
[10:45] 8. Roofin' It
Vancouver’s do-it-all jazz strongman Cory Weeds is at it again, playing tenor on a live CD recorded for his jazz label at the jazz club that he runs.
As Weeds, 36, has said himself, he puts much more stock in affirming jazz tradition, swing and soulfulness than in being a stylistic maverick or jazz-language innovator. Nor is Weeds expending any energy composing material for the gig when themes by Horace Silver (Juicy Lucy, which opens the disc) and Hank Mobley (Fin de L’Affaire, Boss Bossa), among others, get the job done just fine. So, true to form, his live disc is a organ-based quartet date in the classic hard-bop mold, with no-nonsense blowing vehicles aplenty leavened by some gospel, funk, a ballad, and a bossa.
Questions of material and style aside, the execution of the music on Weeds’ disc is quite good to excellent. I like Weeds big sound and big beat that make the music feel really good on the opener, Juicy Lucy. I’m reminded of Dexter Gordon, in a good way. Weeds is a fluent, confident soloist throughout, and he has the idiomatic language at his fingertips to testify on Brad Turner’s funky Goin’ Down and the Mercy, Mercy, Mercy-ish closer, Roofin’ It. His frontline partner, trumpeter Chris Davis, is a tart, sassy foil.
To my ears, the scene-stealing excellence on Weeds’ disc is provided by the esteemed rhythm pair of organist Joey DeFrancesco and his right-hand drummer Byron Landham. The two Americans ensure that the music grooves without fail. I had the disc playing in my car this week, and people in the other lanes must have been gawking as my head swayed non-stop.
DeFrancesco, of course, is a world-class organist. His solos simply leap out of the mix with their brilliance and exuberance. He also ought to be paid double given the quality of his left-hand bassline work, whether he’s walking or syncopating like a funk freak.
Weeds surely must have felt that raised his game playing with an inspiring jazz monster like DeFrancesco, and I hope he won’t mind if I say that DeFrancesco and Landham lift his CD from solid and likeable to deeply enjoyable. ~Peter Hum
As Weeds, 36, has said himself, he puts much more stock in affirming jazz tradition, swing and soulfulness than in being a stylistic maverick or jazz-language innovator. Nor is Weeds expending any energy composing material for the gig when themes by Horace Silver (Juicy Lucy, which opens the disc) and Hank Mobley (Fin de L’Affaire, Boss Bossa), among others, get the job done just fine. So, true to form, his live disc is a organ-based quartet date in the classic hard-bop mold, with no-nonsense blowing vehicles aplenty leavened by some gospel, funk, a ballad, and a bossa.
Questions of material and style aside, the execution of the music on Weeds’ disc is quite good to excellent. I like Weeds big sound and big beat that make the music feel really good on the opener, Juicy Lucy. I’m reminded of Dexter Gordon, in a good way. Weeds is a fluent, confident soloist throughout, and he has the idiomatic language at his fingertips to testify on Brad Turner’s funky Goin’ Down and the Mercy, Mercy, Mercy-ish closer, Roofin’ It. His frontline partner, trumpeter Chris Davis, is a tart, sassy foil.
To my ears, the scene-stealing excellence on Weeds’ disc is provided by the esteemed rhythm pair of organist Joey DeFrancesco and his right-hand drummer Byron Landham. The two Americans ensure that the music grooves without fail. I had the disc playing in my car this week, and people in the other lanes must have been gawking as my head swayed non-stop.
DeFrancesco, of course, is a world-class organist. His solos simply leap out of the mix with their brilliance and exuberance. He also ought to be paid double given the quality of his left-hand bassline work, whether he’s walking or syncopating like a funk freak.
Weeds surely must have felt that raised his game playing with an inspiring jazz monster like DeFrancesco, and I hope he won’t mind if I say that DeFrancesco and Landham lift his CD from solid and likeable to deeply enjoyable. ~Peter Hum
The Many Deeds Of Corey Weeds
i checked 'em all..the links are dead, reup please
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A wild live set, with lots of good improvisations. Great !
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