Time: 65:53
Size: 150.8 MB
Styles: Jazz-Funk, Soul
Year: 1990
Art: Front
[5:25] 1. Rockin' In Rhythm
[2:24] 2. Honey Love
[5:57] 3. Bright Mississippi
[6:25] 4. The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)
[9:53] 5. For The Elders
[6:23] 6. Plenty, Plenty Soul
[7:50] 7. Blue Monk
[5:59] 8. Peace Fugue
[5:49] 9. Eyes So Beautiful
[6:03] 10. Birk's Works
[3:39] 11. D-Cup And Up
Alto Saxophone, Percussion – Maceo Parker; Bass – Anthony Cox; Drums – Bill Stewart; Keyboards – Geri Allen; Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Percussion – Tim Green (3); Trombone – Fred Wesley, Robin Eubanks (tracks: 5, 8), Steve Turre (tracks: 5, 8); Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Stanton Davis; Vocals – Carmen Lundy (tracks: 4, 9).
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
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
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