The Tenor Triangle With the Melvin Rhyne Trio - Tell It Like It Is

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:03
Size: 145,0 MB
Art: Front

( 8:56)  1. Tell It Like It Is
(10:21)  2. Thing One
( 9:12)  3. Minor Changes
(8:02) 4. Ballad Medley-when Sunny Gets Blue - Cherokee - Memories Of You
( 7:15)  5. Lazy Bird
(12:06)  6. Body and Soul
( 7:07)  7. The Eternal Triangle

Are we clear on the concept here? Blowing session; three tenor saxophones backed by a classic organ trio; a standard or two (one way uptempo), the blues, and more blues. Mix in a deep groove, shake liberally, pour and enjoy. No little umbrellas, no tofu, no Perrier. Oh, yes: a generous dash of talent virtually guarantees a good time. And all of that is in here. Ralph Lalama, Tad Shull and Eric Alexander are the sax provocateurs, each striving to be as individual as possible and so to spark his peers to some unexplored space. “Old hat,” some will say, but so what? There’s plenty of music here, and a game of “who do you hear?” to pique the connoisseurs in the audience. I hear a touch of Dexter in Lalama, a rose-tinted hint of Shorter in Shull, and a champagne-crisp zest of ‘Trane in Alexander. Your mileage may vary, as they say on the ‘Net-but whoever you hear, you’ll hear plenty you like. ~ Bill Bennett https://jazztimes.com/archives/the-tenor-triangle-with-the-melvin-rhyne-trio-aztec-blues/

Personnel: Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), Ralph Lalama (tenor saxophone), Tad Shull (tenor saxophone), Melvin Rhyne (Hammond organ), Peter Bernstein (guitar), Kenny Washington (drums)

Tell It Like It Is

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