Time: 73:58
Size: 169.3 MB
Styles: Post bop, Piano jazz
Year: 1999
Art: Front
[ 6:56] 1. Eddie J
[10:27] 2. Blues For Clifford
[ 8:22] 3. Don't Look Back
[ 6:47] 4. Little Miles
[ 6:17] 5. Jump For Joe
[ 8:49] 6. First March
[ 7:00] 7. Every Day That I Miss You
[ 6:03] 8. Better Late Than Never
[ 7:27] 9. Double Life
[ 5:47] 10. Blues News
The Canadian pianist and composer Bernie Senensky fits smack dab in the middle of the hard bop tradition. His quintet includes a front line of trumpeter Eddie Henderson and the Canadian saxophonist Kirk McDonald, with a solid rhythm section of Senensky, bassist Neil Swainson, and drummer Jerry Fuller in support. Senensky, who is a seasoned writer with a knack for just slightly off-center melodies, penned all but one of the ten tunes. Henderson, who is in top form, is a good choice on trumpet; his clipped phrases are a constant joy. At times, the award-winning McDonald seems a tad superfluous, although he plays competently on the seven cuts in which he appears, and he adds greatly as a second horn on the heads. Hardly innovative, McDonald's tenor blows with the verve and panache of some of the middle-weight performers from the 1950s. Senensky is a fine bop pianist, though there is not anything about his playing that particularly stands out. He does have lots of speed and a good feel for the music, and he has clearly mastered the idiom. For those looking for a delightful romp through some new tunes in the genre of hard bop in the style of the masters, you could do worse than to try out the Bernie Senensky Quintet. ~Steve Loewy
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