Time: 53:34
Size: 122.6 MB
Styles: Organ jazz
Year: 2013
Art: Front
[ 6:13] 1. Blues For C
[ 4:29] 2. Lush Life
[ 5:23] 3. Cookin'
[ 5:45] 4. It Don't Mean A Thing
[ 5:57] 5. Hippidelphia
[ 4:57] 6. Blues On The Corner
[10:16] 7. Nica's Dream
[ 5:14] 8. The Breakdown
[ 5:15] 9. Blues In The Twilight Zone
Chester E. Smith: organ; Red Holloway, David Halliday, Dawan Muhammad: saxophone; Mike Olmos: trumpet; Calvin Keys: guitar; Charles Smith, Donald Bailey: drums; Tacuma King: percussion.
Chester E. Smith is no relation to James Oscar but this is definitely Jimmy's world. Chester E. uses some electronics that Jimmy might not have cared for, but here it's all about expressive capability. Chester shares a Philadelphia area background that comes with a deep sense of soul and the blues. This session was produced in San Jose, Calif. by saxophonist Dawan Muhammad (he also wrote the closer "Blues in the Twilight Zone ) and from start to finish it works on the kinds of grooves of the best organ albums. The tune selections highlight the writing of keyboard players - Billy Strayhorn, Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Joe Zawinul and Thelonious (egregiously misspelled "Thelonius here) Monk and each of the piano compositions is given a treatment that's colored by expressive use of electronic effects and fine horn work by Red Holloway (tenor), David Halliday (tenor and alto), Mike Olmos (trumpet) and Muhammad. Smith has listened to and absorbed classic sounds from the '60s thru the '80s but he sends them back out with both the essence of the tradition and some new colors. For example, on "Nica's Dream the bebop rhythms and melody are deeply felt, but the organ gives it a new, darker sensibility. ~Donald Elfman
Chester E. Smith is no relation to James Oscar but this is definitely Jimmy's world. Chester E. uses some electronics that Jimmy might not have cared for, but here it's all about expressive capability. Chester shares a Philadelphia area background that comes with a deep sense of soul and the blues. This session was produced in San Jose, Calif. by saxophonist Dawan Muhammad (he also wrote the closer "Blues in the Twilight Zone ) and from start to finish it works on the kinds of grooves of the best organ albums. The tune selections highlight the writing of keyboard players - Billy Strayhorn, Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Joe Zawinul and Thelonious (egregiously misspelled "Thelonius here) Monk and each of the piano compositions is given a treatment that's colored by expressive use of electronic effects and fine horn work by Red Holloway (tenor), David Halliday (tenor and alto), Mike Olmos (trumpet) and Muhammad. Smith has listened to and absorbed classic sounds from the '60s thru the '80s but he sends them back out with both the essence of the tradition and some new colors. For example, on "Nica's Dream the bebop rhythms and melody are deeply felt, but the organ gives it a new, darker sensibility. ~Donald Elfman
Blues For C
