Time: 78:16
Size: 179.2 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front
[6:35] 1. Lady Day
[4:27] 2. Hello There
[6:32] 3. Summertime
[2:24] 4. Deed I Do
[7:23] 5. Batista's Groove
[3:39] 6. Alto Sauce
[4:36] 7. Skylark
[2:48] 8. When Your Lover Has Gone
[7:04] 9. Cousin Slim
[3:05] 10. Unchain My Heart
[4:18] 11. Congo Chant
[5:37] 12. Cellar Groove
[2:32] 13. Lonely Avenue
[7:55] 14. Night Of Nisan
[5:13] 15. Scufflin'
[4:01] 16. Esther's Melody
As both a musician and man, David Newman expressed extreme elegance. His manner was understated. He was an unusually handsome man who carried himself with dignity and grace. He walked through the world with quiet confidence. His spoken voice, like his musical voice, was warm and loving. His tender soul was evident in everything he said and played.
In jazz's hard-edged culture, gentlemen are rare. David was the very model of a gentle man. By the time he had reached his late twenties, he had risen to the rank of a musical master, yet never with the slightest hint of self-congratulatory conceit. For all his humility, his storied six-decade career is a model of deep and enduring work.
His mentors spoke readily of his prodigious talent. "I heard him as more than a sideman," said Lowell Fulson, the great bluesman with whom Newman played in the early fifties. "I heard him as a star in his own right." Fulson's piano player, Ray Charles, hired David when he began a small band of his own in 1954. "He has one of the kindest, sweetest dispositions of anyone I'd ever known," Said Ray. "They called him 'Fathead' but I called him 'Brains' because of his keen intelligence. He had it all covered—down-and-dirty blues and high-flying bop. And he put it together with a smoothness that had me wishing I could blow sax half as good as him." ~David Ritz
In jazz's hard-edged culture, gentlemen are rare. David was the very model of a gentle man. By the time he had reached his late twenties, he had risen to the rank of a musical master, yet never with the slightest hint of self-congratulatory conceit. For all his humility, his storied six-decade career is a model of deep and enduring work.
His mentors spoke readily of his prodigious talent. "I heard him as more than a sideman," said Lowell Fulson, the great bluesman with whom Newman played in the early fifties. "I heard him as a star in his own right." Fulson's piano player, Ray Charles, hired David when he began a small band of his own in 1954. "He has one of the kindest, sweetest dispositions of anyone I'd ever known," Said Ray. "They called him 'Fathead' but I called him 'Brains' because of his keen intelligence. He had it all covered—down-and-dirty blues and high-flying bop. And he put it together with a smoothness that had me wishing I could blow sax half as good as him." ~David Ritz
Time And Again
Thanks Mat - Fathead is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to know who wrote the above text you posted.
And - if this ain't too anal - I also like to know personnel and record dates (and I know this one isn't 2014). Is this too much time and trouble for me to expect of you? You post and share such great stuff here.
Maybe it's one of those licensed budget compilations that provide no discographical info?
ReplyDeletehey LAZZ, i couldnt find a review for this particular album so i stole the notes for another album, deleting the portions that attribute to that specific album and other portions that would have made the review too lengthy. in the process, i also deleted the name of David Ritz, the author. that is now rectified. for your reference, that review is here: http://www.davidfatheadnewman.com/Cellar_Groove.htm .
ReplyDeletethis compilation was released by nagel-heyer records, an excellent record label with an outstanding catalogue of jazz releases. a search thru their site however did not produce any result for this album. there was also none on the other usual music resource sites so i dont have info on personnel who sessioned here and the recording dates. hopefully, somebody more resourceful can provide that.
thanks for dropping by.
Yeah - I got the personnel and date for that "Cellar Groove" track real easy (it having been a live gig just down the street from me) and I did a search for info for the balance of the CD but came up empty, too. Not even a mention on the label site. Too bad. I was just presuming you had the bag in your hand and were a speed-typing champion.
ReplyDeleteThanks again.