Frank Morgan - Listen To The Dawn

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:37
Size: 121,8 MB
Art: Front

(7:57)  1. Listen To The Dawn
(4:48)  2. Grooveyard
(9:04)  3. Remembering
(5:05)  4. Little Waltz
(5:00)  5. It Might As Well Be Spring
(9:07)  6. When Joanna Loved Me
(6:48)  7. I Didn't Know About You
(4:45)  8. Goodbye

Listen to the Dawn is a rare example of Frank Morgan recording an entire album without a pianist. The veteran alto saxophonist, who was only two weeks away from his 60th birthday when this post-bop/be bop CD was recorded, evidently wanted to try something a bit different and it was a move that paid off creatively. Whether he's forming an intimate duo with guitarist Kenny Burrell or forming a quartet with Burrell, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Grady Tate, Morgan fares quite well without a pianist. This isn't an album of fast tempos and high-speed aggression from Burrell offerings like "Listen to the Dawn" and "Remembering" to highly personal interpretations of Gordon Jenkins' "Goodbye," Duke Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You" (which becomes a sexy bossa nova), and the standard "It Might as Well Be Spring," Morgan is especially introspective and really takes time to reflect. This compelling CD should not be missed. 

~ Alex Hendersn https://www.allmusic.com/album/listen-to-the-dawn-mw0000113303

Personnel: Frank Morgan (alto saxophone); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Ron Carter (acoustic bass); Grady Tate (drums).

Listen To The Dawn

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