Mike LeDonne Quintet/Trio - The Feeling Of Jazz

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 67:55
Size: 155.5 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 1990
Art: Front

[ 8:18] 1. Ready Rudy
[ 7:26] 2. The Feeling Of Jazz
[ 9:33] 3. Point Of View
[ 6:09] 4. Ninth Avenue
[ 8:22] 5. Bock To Bock
[ 6:59] 6. Song For Margaret
[ 6:06] 7. My Ideal
[10:17] 8. Blues For Edith
[ 4:41] 9. Action

Pianist Mike LeDonne's second recording is most notable for the outstanding and contrasting playing of trumpeter Tom Harrell and baritonist Gary Smulyan. While Harrell is lyrical and melodic, Smulyan is forceful and swings quite hard. With bassist Dennis Irwin and drummer Kenny Washington offering stimulating support, the three lead voices are in top form. LeDonne contributed three fine originals and, other than the standard "My Ideal," the other four songs (Duke Pearson's "Ready Rudy?," Duke Ellington's "The Feeling of Jazz," Buddy Montgomery's "Bock to Bock," and Wynton Kelly's "Action") are all superior obscurities. Easily recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans. ~Scott Yanow

Mike LeDonne (P); Tom Harrell (Tp / Flh); Gary Smulyan (Bs); Dennis Irwin (B); Kenny Washington (D). Recorded January 2, 1990 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA by Rudy Van Gelder

The Feeling Of Jazz

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