Frank Foster & The Loud Minority Band - Well Water

Styles: Saxophone Jazz, Big Band
Year: 1977
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:10
Size: 133,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:19) 1. Joy Spring
( 9:51) 2. Cecilia Is Love
( 9:10) 3. Simone
( 6:11) 4. There'll Be A Time
(10:17) 5. Someone's Rocking My Jazz Boat
( 7:33) 6. Well Water
( 7:46) 7. Three Card Molly

The music on Well Water sat unreleased for 30 years but was worth the wait. Frank Foster's Loud Minority Orchestra only made a few records during its decade or so of existence and Well Water is one of its best. Listeners expecting the music to be similar to that of Foster's former boss Count Basie should realize that Foster's playing by 1977 was more strongly influenced by John Coltrane than by Lester Young, and that his writing is much more modern than that usually heard in the Basie band or even in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. The performances do swing in their own way and include dynamic solos by the altoist C.I. Williams, both Foster and Bill Saxton on tenors, trumpeter Charles Sullivan and pianist Mickey Tucker. With Elvin Jones (making one of his few appearances with a big band) driving the ensembles and inspiring the soloists, this is an exciting effort. The closing number, "Three Card Molly," is a Foster quintet feature in which the leader switched to soprano. Highly recommended.~Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/well-water-mw0000572228

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Frank Foster; Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Earl May; Alto Saxophone, Flute – C.I. Williams, Leroy Barton; Baritone Saxophone – Kenneth Rogers; Drums – Elvin Jones; Piano – Mickey Tucker; Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Doug Harris; Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Bill Cody ; Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Soprano Saxophone – Bill Saxton; Trombone – Bill Lowe, Charles Stephens, Janice Robinson , Kiane Zawadi; Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater, Don McIntosh, Joe Gardner, Kamau Adilifu, Sinclair Acey

Well Water

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