Bennie Wallace - The Free Will

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1980
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:15
Size: 99,6 MB
Art: Front

(9:25)  1. The Free Will
(4:30)  2. Sophisticated Lady
(7:50)  3. Star Eyes
(6:13)  4. Back Door Beauty
(6:05)  5. Walter
(9:11)  6. Paslom

An early set as a leader from tenorist Bennie Wallace  and one of his most heartfelt albums ever! Wallace has a tone that hearkens back to the warm raspiness of the Ben Webster/Lester Young generation  yet he also blows with a freer, more open quality that's quite contemporary too  mixing free moments and swinging passages together easily, almost a bit like Archie Shepp during his return to tradition in the late 70s! The group here really stretch strongly to move with Wallace's vision a quartet that features Tommy Flanagan on piano, Eddie Gomez on bass, and Dannie Richmond on drums sometimes playing a lot more out than you might expect. Titles include "Star Eyes", "The Free Will", "Back Door Beauty", "Paslom", and "Walter". CD features three bonus alternate takes too! (Part of the Enja Jazz Master Works series!)  © 1996-2018, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/880540/Bennie-Wallace:Free-Will

Personnel:  Bennie Wallace (saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Eddie Gomez (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums).

The Free Will

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