Time: 56:35
Size: 131.1 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz, Mainstream jazz
Year: 2001
Art: Front
[5:07] 1. I Cover The Waterfront
[4:27] 2. Stars Fell On Alabama
[4:48] 3. Spring Is Here
[4:21] 4. I Cried For You
[6:40] 5. Grooveyard
[6:06] 6. I Remember You
[5:28] 7. Someone To Watch Over Me
[5:13] 8. 9:20 Special
[4:36] 9. The Way You Look Tonight
[4:03] 10. All My Tomorrow
[5:41] 11. I'll Take Romance
Here's another fine Harry Allen CD, recorded in NYC in 1997, and featuring along with Harry on tenor, Dave McKenna (p) Michael Moore (b) and Jake Hanna (d). There are some interesting surprises here.
Harry plays the verse to I COVER THE WATERFRONT slowly, and where you expect him to double the tempo, he doesn't, but keeps it slow. It makes for a different and pleasing approach. He does the same thing on SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, though this one might be taken just a tad too slowly. I CRIED FOR YOU is taken way up-tempo and features excellent brush work by Hanna. The most ambitious track is I'LL TAKE ROMANCE, done in waltz time, medium-slow at first; then comes an unaccompanied piano solo by McKenna in 4/4, followed by Harry back in 3/4 time and with the tempo doubled. It's an impressive performance. I REMEMBER YOU is played as a Bossa Nova, and THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT has a crisp, jaunty flavor to it. This is a most attractive CD that will not fail to delight Harry Allen fans. ~Bomojazz/amazon
Harry plays the verse to I COVER THE WATERFRONT slowly, and where you expect him to double the tempo, he doesn't, but keeps it slow. It makes for a different and pleasing approach. He does the same thing on SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, though this one might be taken just a tad too slowly. I CRIED FOR YOU is taken way up-tempo and features excellent brush work by Hanna. The most ambitious track is I'LL TAKE ROMANCE, done in waltz time, medium-slow at first; then comes an unaccompanied piano solo by McKenna in 4/4, followed by Harry back in 3/4 time and with the tempo doubled. It's an impressive performance. I REMEMBER YOU is played as a Bossa Nova, and THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT has a crisp, jaunty flavor to it. This is a most attractive CD that will not fail to delight Harry Allen fans. ~Bomojazz/amazon
Here's To Zoot
Thank you Mat Tiggas for this terrific album, thankfully Harry doesn't try to emulate Zoot but plays these tunes in his own style, and of course the bonus is having Dave McKenna on piano, wonderful!
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