Fred Wesley - New Friends

Styles: Trombone Jazz

Year: 1990

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 66:32

Size: 152,7 MB

Art: Front

(5:29)  1. Rockin' In Rhythm

(2:28)  2. Honey Love

(5:57)  3. Bright Mississippi

(6:32)  4. Love We Had Stays On My Mind

(9:58)  5. For The Elders

(6:23)  6. Plenty Plenty Soul

(7:58)  7. Blue Monk

(6:04)  8. Peace Fugue

(5:54)  9. Eyes So Beautiful

(6:08) 10. Birks Works

(3:40) 11. D-Cup And Up

Trombonist Fred Wesley, best-known for his long-term association with James Brown, has long expressed the desire to play jazz. This is mostly a jazz-oriented CD although he hedges his bets a little with "Honey Love" (which has a cute vocal by Wesley over a calypso groove), an R&B-ish Carmen Lundy vocal on "Love We Had Stays On My Mind," the ballad "Eyes So Beautiful" and the funky "D-Cup And Up." But on the other six numbers Wesley plays in a boppish style influenced most by J.J. Johnson and there is a suitable amount of solo space for altoist Maceo Parker (heard at his best when trying to emulate Hank Crawford), trumpeter Stanton Davis and a restrained but tasteful Geri Allen on piano. Highlights include "Rockin' In Rhythm," Thelonious Monk's "Bright Mississippi" and "Birks Works" on the mixed but generally enjoyable bag.~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/new-friends-mw0000314191

Personnel:  Fred Wesley - trombone, vocals (track 2);  Maceo Parker - alto saxophone, percussion;  Anthony Cox – bass;  Bill Stewart – drums;  Geri Allen – keyboards;  Tim Green - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, percussion;  Robin Eubanks - trombone (tracks 5 and 8);  Steve Turre - trombone (tracks 5 and 8);  Stanton Davis - trumpet, flugelhorn;  Carmen Lundy - vocals (tracks 4 and 9)

New Friends

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