Steve Davis - Eloquence

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:19
Size: 162,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:56)  1. Yardbird Suite
(7:43)  2. How Deep Is The Ocean
(4:36)  3. Minor Contention
(5:59)  4. T.H.E. Blues
(5:53)  5. It Could Happen To You
(6:15)  6. My Ship
(6:42)  7. Have You Met Miss Jones
(6:54)  8. Django
(6:02)  9. Road Song
(5:39) 10. Peedlum
(4:45) 11. Lament
(4:47) 12. When The Saints Go Marching In

Eloquence, Davis' latest album, finds him in the company of jazz' reigning piano patriarch Hank Jones and the two mesh like velvet and suede. The plush, breathy yet burnished tone of the trombone is particularly eloquent on Kurt Weill's "My Ship," the CD's slowest ballad and one of three tracks with the quartet of Davis, Jones, bassist Nat Reeves and drummer Joe Farnsworth (of One for All). The three other quartet tracks supplant Reeves with producer John Lee's electric bass, including a rocking romp through Wes Montgomery's "Road Song." Roy Hargrove and Steve Nelson add brass and vibes respectively to three tracks, including an original blues with noticeable surprises in all solos, especially Jones,' and mellow interplay between Davis and Hargrove (on flugelhorn) on "It Could Happen to You." Nelson sticks around for two more tracks, including a memorable "Django," both stately and soulful from all (Jones digs really deep), but rendered truly unforgettable with strokes from Farnsworth's impeccable brushes. Fittingly, the album ends with two salutes to JJ Johnson, the father of modern mainstream jazz trombone. ~ George Kanzler https://www.allaboutjazz.com/steve-davis-eloquence-and-jam-session-vol-28-by-george-kanzler.php

Personnel: Steve Davis: trombone; Hank Jones: piano; Nat Reeves: bass; Joe Farnsworth: drums; Roy Hargrove: trumpet or flugelhorn (3 tracks); Steve Nelson: vibes (5 tracks); John Lee: electric bass (3 tracks).

Eloquence

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