Mark Morganelli And The Jazz Forum All Stars - Speak Low

Styles: Trumpet Jazz 
Year: 1990
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:26
Size: 139,7 MB
Art: Front

(7:27)  1. Speak Low
(6:39)  2. Dreams
(4:25)  3. Blues For Ian
(8:42)  4. When I Fall In Love
(6:58)  5. Summertime
(5:20)  6. Opus
(8:13)  7. Lamb Kurma
(6:25)  8. A Child Is Born
(6:14)  9. The Jolly Jumper

Mark Morganelli records infrequently as a leader, but he has been very active in New York City as a promoter and producer, and inevitably has been in charge of organizing the late-night jam sessions at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference and the now-defunct Jazz Times Convention, as well as serving as the New York producer for Candid during its second incarnation. It's hard for a horn player to go wrong when he has recruited a rhythm section of Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, and Jimmy Cobb, and Morganelli seems additionally inspired by his company on this live date at Birdland. "Speak Low" is a real cooker, while Barron's "Dreams" is a gentle samba featuring the leader initially on flügelhorn before he returns on muted trumpet. Morganelli's dark flügelhorn and Barron's intriguing chord substitutions give a fresh sound to the oft-recorded "Summertime," and his waltzing version of another classic, "A Child Is Born," is also enjoyable. Morganelli also contributed two originals: the up-tempo post-bop "Blues for Ian" (in honor of his infant son) and a very happy sounding samba "The Jolly Jumper," named after one of his son's favorite toys. This CD will greatly please fans of hard bop and post-bop; Mark Morganelli clearly deserves to be recorded more frequently.~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/speak-low-mw0000617098

Personnel: Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Mark Morganelli; Bass – Ron Carter; Drums – Jimmy Cobb; Piano – Kenny Barron

Speak Low

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