Ron Carter Quartet - Live at Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival 2023

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2023
Time: 81:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 186,2 MB
Art: Front

(36:04) 1. 595/ Mr. Bow Tie / Joshua / Little Waltz
(12:23) 2. Saguaro
( 9:37) 3. My Funny Valentine
( 6:05) 4. Seven Steps to Heaven
( 7:15) 5. You are my Sunshine
( 9:52) 6. You and the Night and the Music

Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of music's greats: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons.

Ron Graduated the Eastman School in 1959 and packed up his belongings and moved to New York City with his wife, Janet. Later that year, Downbeat magazine listed Ron as #15 of 23 in their bass player poll. A great start.

In the early 1960s he performed throughout the United States in concert halls and nightclubs with Jaki Byard and Eric Dolphy. He later toured Europe with Cannonball Adderley. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the classic and acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. He was named Outstanding Bassist of the Decade by the Detroit News, Jazz Bassist of the Year by Downbeat magazine, and Most Valuable Player by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

In 1993 Ron Carter earned a Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Group, the Miles Davis Tribute Band and another Grammy in 1998 for Call 'Sheet Blues', an instrumental composition from the film 'Round Midnight. In addition to scoring and arranging music for many films, including some projects for Public Broadcasting System, Carter has composed music for A Gathering of Old Men, starring Lou Gosset Jr., The Passion of Beatrice directed by Bertrand Tavernier, and Blind Faith starring Courtney B. Vance. Carter shares his expertise in the series of books he authored, among which are Building Jazz Bass Lines and The Music of Ron Carter; the latter contains 130 of his published and recorded compositions.

Carter earned a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School in Rochester and a master's degree in double bass from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He has also received two honorary doctorates, from the New England Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, and was the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Hutchinson Award from the Eastman School at the University of Rochester. Carter has lectured, conducted, and performed at clinics and master classes, instructing jazz ensembles and teaching the business of music at numerous universities. He was Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Studies while it was located in Boston and, after 18 years on the faculty of the Music Department of The City College of New York, he is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

Ron remains as active as ever. 2022 is another big year for him. At the 64th Grammy Awards he won Best Jazz Instrumental Album award along with Jack DeJohnette and Gonzalo Rubalcaba for their album "Skyline". In May, Ron celebrates his 85th birthday and is hosting a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 10th. He then starts a full tour including trio, big band and quartet performances.https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/ron-carter/

Personnel: Ron Carter: bass; Renee Rosnes: piano; Jimmy Greene: sax; Payton Crossley: drums

Live at Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival 2023

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Jeremy Pelt - Profile

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:12
Size: 139,0 MB
Art: Front

( 8:41) 1. Aesop's Fables
( 4:01) 2. The Trivium
( 6:03) 3. Mystique
( 6:26) 4. Pieces Of a Dream
( 8:30) 5. A Song For You (Lovebird)
(10:37) 6. Jigsaw
( 6:07) 7. We Share a Moon
( 8:42) 8. You won't Forget Me

His original compositions flow from jazz's straight-ahead tradition. His sextet is keeping the flame alive through solid teamwork and gentle exploration. Their blend treats each instrumental voice equally, but highlights the drummer just a little more than the others. And why not? Ralph Peterson does a superb job of knitting them into one well-composed unit.

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt hails from Los Angeles. After graduating from Boston's Berklee College of Music in 1988, he moved to New York and has paid his dues with several mainstream organizations. Now, his recording debut offers a larger audience the opportunity to hear this rising star. With his clarion tone and persuasive technique, Pelt rides a creative wave of straight-ahead dreams. Ballads and up-tempo romps take on his personal attitude. Passion and energy build his performance. Undoubtedly, Miles and Freddie and Chet and Booker and Lee came from the same roots as young Jeremy Pelt. It's all from the heart. On top of that, he's surrounded himself with a winning team. This year's top ten list wouldn't be complete without Profile. Tune in as soon as you can.By Jim Santella https://www.allaboutjazz.com/profile-jeremy-pelt-blue-moon-review-by-jim-santella

Personnel: Jeremy Pelt: trumpet; Jimmy Greene: tenor saxophone; Robert Glasper: piano; Gerald Cannon: bass; Ralph Peterson: drums; Jaleel Shaw: alto saxophone on "Pieces of a Dream"; Mike Moreno: guitar on "Aesop's Fables"

Profile

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Jimmy Greene - Brand New World

Styles: Saxophone And Flute Jazz 
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:15
Size: 143,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:01)  1. Humpty Dumpty
(6:13)  2. Brand New World
(6:54)  3. Arise!
(8:29)  4. Renée
(6:39)  5. Mr. McLean
(6:48)  6. Never Let Me Go
(7:29)  7. Godsend
(8:10)  8. Dream, Little Boy, Dream
(7:29)  9. Darn That Dream

You may have caught some late night jazz at Small’s in New York’s Greenwich Village a few years ago and heard tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene. You wondered who is this guy? Maybe you picked up the Live At Birdland disc last year to check out the new talent. Again Greene was front and center. I first heard rumor of the wonderkin, then was thrilled by him on trumpeter Darren Barrett’s First One Up (J Curve). The pair reminded me of early Wynton and Branford Marsalis band, which of course reminds us of the classic hard bop bands of Miles, Blakey, and Lee Morgan. Also released late last year was the surprisingly fresh Horace Silver disc Jazz Has A Sense Of Humor (Verve) where both Silver and Greene thrilled old time fans of the pianist. Greene, at the ripe age of 24 makes his debut as leader. His background and tutelage under Professor Jackie McLean since age 15 spawns more of that great Jackie Mac sound. In a solid first outing as leader, Greene surrounds himself with graduates of McLean’s bands Eric McPherson (drums) and Steve Davis (trombone) and his musical soulmate Darren Barrett (trumpet). The band opens with Chick Corea’s “Humpty Dumpty,” a burning bop classic, and besides two standards, all the compositions are Greene originals. For a debut, I cannot criticize his choice to follow a bop medium. After all, it was the most revolutionary movement in the short history of the genre. His concession to a “modern” sound was the limited inclusion of an electric Rhodes Synthesizer on “Arise!,” a throwback to the seventies sound of Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson. Greene handles a flute and Soprano saxophone with deft touch. I am anxious to follow this young and promising career. ~ Mark Corroto https://www.allaboutjazz.com/brand-new-world-jimmy-greene-rca-victor-review-by-mark-corroto.php

Personnel:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Soprano Saxophone – Jimmy Greene; Drums – Eric McPherson; Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Dwayne Burno; Percussion – Kahlil Kwame Bell; Piano, Synthesizer – Aaron Goldberg ; Trombone – Steve Davis ; Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Darren Barrett

Brand New World

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Jimmy Greene - Gifts And Givers

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:44
Size: 146,9 MB
Art: Front

( 9:26)  1. Mr. McClean
( 7:37)  2. Greene Blues
( 8:49)  3. Forever
(10:10)  4. Magnolia Triangle
( 8:07)  5. 26-2
(10:18)  6. Blue Bossa/Boudreaux
( 9:14)  7. Eternal Triangle

It's probably time to cast aside labels like "up-and-coming" and "rising star" when describing Jimmy Greene. As Gifts and Givers makes clear, the Connecticut-born tenor saxophonist has definitely arrived. An inventive, technically-advanced mainstreamer, Greene made his mark in the bands of Horace Silver, Tom Harrell and Harry Connick Jr., as well as with younger studs like Jason Lindner and Avishai Cohen. On his fifth effort as a leader, he's paired with another young tenor titan, Marcus Strickland. The two saxophonists prove themselves a like-minded and well-matched pair as they lead an explosive rhythm section the superb drummer Eric Harland, bassist Reuben Rogers, guitarist Mike Moreno and promising young pianist Danny Grissett (now he is a "rising star") through a set of compelling originals and nicely varied standards, including John Coltrane's harmonically complex "26-2," New Orleans legend James Black's intricate "Magnolia Triangle" and Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa" (with Greene doubling on soprano sax). While they mostly steer away from the sort of twin-tenor battle popularized by Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons, Greene and Strickland do get into some high-octane, old school jamming, notably on Stitt's bebop chestnut, "Eternal Triangle." 

The opening "Mr. McLean" is a rousing tribute to Greene's mentor, the great alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, with the two tenors expertly capturing McLean's intensity and unique inside-outside sensibility. All in all, it's an impressive outing that should help solidify Greene's reputation as one of the better tenor saxophonists of his generation. 

~ Joel Roberts https://www.allaboutjazz.com/gifts-and-givers-jimmy-greene-criss-cross-review-by-joel-roberts.php

Personnel: Jimmy Greene: tenor and soprano saxophones; Marcus Strickland: tenor saxophone; Mike Moreno: guitar; Danny Grissett: piano; Reuben Rogers: bass; Eric Harland: drums.

Gifts And Givers

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Jimmy Greene - Flowers: Beautiful Life, Vol. 2

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:38
Size: 146,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:50)  1. Big Guy
(6:26)  2. Stanky Leg
(4:20)  3. Flowers
(7:17)  4. Second Breakfast
(4:19)  5. Fun Circuits
(6:38)  6. Stink Thumb
(5:17)  7. Someday
(7:52)  8. December
(5:30)  9. Amantes
(5:59) 10. Something About You
(6:04) 11. Thirty-Two

In 2012, saxophonist Jimmy Greene lost his six-year-old daughter Ana Grace Marquez-Greene when she was murdered alongside 20 of her schoolmates during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Poignantly, he paid tribute to Ana on his soulful 2014 album Beautiful Life. For 2017's buoyant follow-up, Flowers: Beautiful Life, Vol. 2, Greene continues to draw inspiration from his daughter's short life, this time exploring her love of dance. Joining Greene here is a stellar lineup featuring pianist Renee Rosnes, bassists John Patitucci and Ben Williams, drummers Otis Brown III and Jeff "Tain" Watts, guitarist Mike Moreno, percussionist Rogerio Boccato, and guest vocalists Jean Baylor and Sheena Rattai. If the first Beautiful Life found Greene in an understandably grief-stricken and deeply poetic state of mind, Flowers reveals a man who will never fully let go of his pain, but who is much more connected to the memory of his daughter's vitality and love of life than the tragedy of her death. This vitality is reflected in the animated grooves and lively melodies Greene brings to Flowers. There's also an experimental vibe here, with Greene bending his largely acoustic post-bop sound a bit more heavily toward fusion, as on the knotty groover "Fun Circuits." Similarly, "Stink Thumb," with its spacy Rhodes keyboard, brings to mind the '70s jazz of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band. Even the far-eyed, soprano saxophone feature "Something About You" explodes mid-song into a choppy, angular improvisation. Still, there is a bittersweet tinge to the proceedings reflected in the languid, Latin flow of "Amantes" and the yearning vocal ballad "Someday." Remarkably, on Flowers: Beautiful Life, Vol. 2, Greene remains a productive, positive-minded artist whose music, and memory, have only deepened in their harmonic, rhythmic, and spiritual grace. ~ Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/album/flowers-beautiful-life-vol-2-mw0003019114

Personnel:  Jimmy Greene (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes);  Jean Baylor & Sheena Rattai (vocals);  Rogerio Boccato (percussion);  Otis Brown III & Jeff `Tain` Watts (drums & percussion);  Kevin Hays & Renee Rosnes (piano and Rhodes electric piano);  Mike Moreno (guitar);  John Pattitucci & Ben Williams (bass).

Flowers: Beautiful Life, Vol. 2

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Darren Barrett - Deelings

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:54
Size: 134,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:47)  1. Creative Locomotion
(6:25)  2. Her Gentle Way
(6:45)  3. Eirlav
(4:06)  4. There Will Never Be Anouther You
(9:49)  5. C Minor Joint
(8:32)  6. Middle East
(7:27)  7. I'm Glad There Is You
(6:37)  8. I Sent the Fax
(2:23)  9. Dee's Theme

You don't have to be signed to Blue Note to embrace a Blue Note type of sound. Take Darren Barrett, for example. Deelings, the trumpeter's second album as a leader, was recorded for the Cincinnati-based J Curve label, not Blue Note. But it is impossible to listen to this post-bop/hard bop CD without thinking of the Blue Note sound of the late '50s and '60s. The writing has a strong Jazz Messengers influence, and Barrett's brassy, big-toned trumpet playing recalls such Clifford Brown-influenced Blue Note trumpeters as Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan. The strong Blue Note influence isn't all that surprising when you consider that Deelings was produced by Donald Byrd, who also recorded for Blue Note and was, like Hubbard and Morgan, a Jazz Messenger with a Brown-minded sound. Deelings is hardly groundbreaking, but while Barrett isn't the most original player in the world, the "Young Lion" deserves credit for playing as soulfully as he does. Obviously, the recordings of Brown, Hubbard, and Morgan have made him realize that feeling should be as important to an improviser as technique. Barrett also deserves credit for doing most of the writing himself; the only overdone standards that he embraces on this CD are "I'm Glad There Is You" and "There Will Never Be Another You." The latter has been heard countless times as a high-speed barnburner, but Barrett approaches it as a ballad. Deelings isn't a masterpiece, but it's an enjoyable, if derivative, example of how influential the classic Blue Note sound continues to be. 

~ Alex Henderson https://www.allmusic.com/album/deelings-mw0000587156

Personnel: Darren Barrett- trumpet; Jimmy Greene- tenor saxophone; Aaron Goldberg- piano; Reuben Rogers- bass; John Lankin- drums.

Deelings

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Darren Barrett - First One Up

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:30
Size: 152,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:44)  1. First One Up - Take 1
(5:33)  2. Word! Dr. Byrd
(7:59)  3. Impossible
(5:20)  4. 2 to 4
(6:29)  5. Grand Ravine
(6:45)  6. Up Down - Inside Out
(5:11)  7. Conceta Elfreda
(5:41)  8. A New Day Comes
(7:15)  9. Reflections
(6:45) 10. First One Up - Take 2
(2:42) 11. Dee's Theme

This is the debut recording by trumpeter Darren Barrett who in ’97 won the annual international Jazz competition sponsored by the Thelonious Monk Institute. The man clearly has exceptional chops and enthusiasm to match but he leaves an inescapable impression that what is being said has been recited many times before, often with deeper awareness and broader substance. In other words, purposeful as Barrett and his companions are, there’s nothing notably fresh or absorbing in their repertoire, which consists here of eight original compositions by Barrett (“First One Up” is performed twice) and one each by Steve Allen (“Impossible”) and Thelonious himself (“Reflections”). Barrett sounds much like several of his more recent predecessors (Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Marcus Printup, Terence Blanchard, Wallace Roney and others) with the obligatory nods toward Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan and other old line boppers. One of the drawbacks is that Barrett’s compositions, while earnest in their intent, haven’t much meat on their bones and thus serve mainly as routine springboards for improvisation. 

Another is that pianist Goldberg could use a more delicate touch to great advantage (and is that him or his piano making those strange noises while he solos?). Barrett’s front line partners, Greene (on eight tracks) and Garrett (on three), are quite capable but stylistically inseparable from many of their contemporaries. Make no mistake, Barrett shows great promise and gives an exceedingly good account of himself throughout, and First One Up may one day be seen in retrospect as the wellspring of an uncommonly productive career. For now, however, we must observe that “promising” is about as suitable a word as discretion will allow. The more acclamatory phrases may come later. ~ Jack Bowers https://www.allaboutjazz.com/first-one-up-darren-barrett-j-curve-records-review-by-jack-bowers.php

Personnel: Darren Barrett, trumpet; Aaron Goldberg, piano; Jimmy Greene, tenor, soprano sax; Kenny Garrett, alto sax (1, 6, 10); Reuben Rogers, bass; John Lamkin, drums.

First One Up

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Jimmy Greene - Mission Statement

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:28
Size: 148,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:37)  1. Mission Statement
(6:49)  2. Fathers and Sons
(6:29)  3. Trials
(6:56)  4. Love In Action
(6:27)  5. Revelation
(4:46)  6. In Nelba's Eyes
(5:57)  7. YeahYouRight!
(5:55)  8. Mr. Octopus
(7:56)  9. Ana Grace
(5:31) 10. Give Thanks

Possessing a concise pithy tone on his tenor sax that at times can be reverential, Jimmy Greene also surprises with an ability to translate that same depth to soprano, when making the switch for the odd tune. Greene's quartet consists of pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland, and, while this ensemble fits squarely in the world of precise modern jazz, the tunes due in equal measure to Greene's respect for melody and compositional skill stand on their own as interesting listens. This is not a shy rhythm section, and proves itself capable of laying in a very richly textured and supportive bottom and middle. It's joined on a majority of the album by guitarist Lage Lund, who possesses a tone as delicately beautiful as Greene's is juicy. This makes for some very fine moments, as Lund's web-like runs contrast with Greene's depth in a variety of stylistic settings, which occasionally benefit from Davis' funky fare on Rhodes.

The opening title cut begins with Greene strongly stating an intricate theme, followed by Lund's soothing restatement that enchants and surprises with its cool mature feel. Although the songs obviously differ in content the funkiness of "Yeah You Right"; the spirituality and Trane-signifiers of "Love in Action"; the rhythmic complexity of "Mr. Octopus" and tenderness of "In Nelba's Eyes" and "Ana Grace" it is the interplay that makes this a must-listen. Vibraphonist Stefon Harris also joins for a particularly strong performance of "Revelation" that artfully showcases his speed and improvising ability, alongside Greene's similar attributes on soprano. Mission Statement is a clear declaration that there is a whole lot of music in the horn and mind of Jimmy Greene.
~ Elliott Simon https://www.allaboutjazz.com/mission-statement-jimmy-greene-razdaz-recordz-review-by-elliott-simon.php

Personnel: Jimmy Greene: tenor and soprano saxophones; Lage Lund: guitar; Stefon Harris: vibraphone (Revelation); Xavier Davis: piano, Rhodes; Reuben Rogers: bass; Eric Harland: drums.

Mission Statement

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Jimmy Greene - Beautiful Life

Styles: Saxophone And Flute Jazz

Year: 2014

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 49:11

Size: 113,4 MB

Art: Front

(5:12)  1. Saludos / Come Thou Almighty King

(6:38)  2. Last Summer

(3:22)  3. When I Come Home

(7:14)  4. Ana's Way

(5:21)  5. Your Great Name

(4:35)  6. Where Is The Love?

(6:16)  7. Seventh Candle

(3:06)  8. Maybe

(4:03)  9. Prayer

(3:23) 10. Little Voices

Two years after the death of his six-year-old daughter, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, in the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, saxophonist Jimmy Greene returns with 2014's Beautiful Life. Both a direct response to Ana's death and a celebration of her life, Beautiful Life is a gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting album. Backed by a stellar rhythm section featuring pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Lewis Nash, as well as a handful of guests and many close friends, including NBC's The Voice season one winner (and fellow Hartt School graduate) Javier Colon, pianist Cyrus Chestnut, and singer Kurt Elling, Greene has crafted an album of deep spiritual grace, imbued throughout with Ana's exuberant personality and wide-eyed joy in life. With his warm, burnished saxophone tone and swinging improvisational lines, one might expect Greene to stick to a straight-ahead jazz approach here. Certainly, while his concept is grounded in soulful post-bop jazz, he displays an open-hearted, cross-genre love of music, reworking a contemporary Christian worship song into a small-group jazz number, as he does on "Your Great Name," and setting "The Lord's Prayer" to music, as he does on the orchestral "Prayer" with vocalist Latanya Farrell. Whether it's his lyrical duet with pianist Kenny Barron on "Where Is Love?" from the musical Annie or the spoken word soliloquy set against a children's choir in "Little Voices," delivered here by The Princess and the Frog actress Anika Noni Rose, Greene incorporates songs and artists Ana loved. And it's not just Ana's spirit that's present on all of Beautiful Life; working with guitarist Pat Metheny, Greene begins the album in poignant fashion, weaving together recordings he made of Ana singing both the traditional Puerto Rican holiday song "Saludos" and the hymn "Come Thou Almighty King." Although born out of tragedy, Beautiful Life is surprisingly never sad or, as one might understand, angry. On the contrary, by celebrating his daughter's unconditional love for her family, music, and life, Greene transforms his personal anguish into something that's as inspirational to the soul as it is beautiful to the ears. ~ Matt Collar http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-life-mw0002757119

Personnel:  Jimmy Greene - tenor and soprano sax, flute;  Lewis Nash – drums;  Renee Rosnes - piano (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10);  Isaiah Marquez-Greene - piano (track 1);  Kenny Barron - piano (tracks 6 and 8);  Cyrus Chestnut - piano (track 9);  Pat Metheny - acoustic guitar (track 1);  Jonathan DuBose - guitar (track 10); Christian McBride – bass;  Jeffrey Krieger and Peter Zay - cello (tracks 3 and 9);  Michael Wheeler and Sharon Dennison - viola (tracks 3 and 9);  Leonid Sigal, Cyrus Stevens, Karin Fagerburg, Millie Piekos, Yuri Kharenko-Golduber, Candace Lammers, Krzysztof Gadawski, Lu Sun Friedman, Michael Pollard - violins (tracks 3 and 9);  Javier Colon - vocals (track 3);  Kurt Elling - vocals (track 4);  Latanya Farrell - vocals (track 9);  Ana Marquez-Greene - vocals (track 1);  Anika Noni Rose - spoken word (track 10)

Beautiful Life

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Jimmy Greene - Introducing Jimmy Greene

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 57:44
Size: 106,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:12)  1. No Doubt
(7:47)  2. Con Alma
(6:47)  3. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
(6:06)  4. Nelba's Struggle
(6:26)  5. Re-Affirmation
(8:16)  6. I Love You
(8:47)  7. My Flower
(6:20)  8. Fly Little Bird Fly

Over the years, Criss Cross can be proud of its track record when it comes to fostering new talent and launching new artists. Some of the names who got their start while on the label and who now enjoy active careers include Eric Alexander, Benny Green, Peter Leitch, Kenny Garrett, John Swana, and Jim Rotondi. Now add to that list the name of Jimmy Greene. This graduate of Jackie McLean’s program at the Hartt School and current member of Horace Silver’s quintet actually has the double advantage of having two debut recordings currently on the new release docket, one for RCA and this Criss Cross title that was actually recorded in 1997.  Introducing Jimmy Greene has all the earmarks to suggest that Greene is a new voice that demands our attention, yet I’m sure that he’d freely admit he’s made strides since this set. His bold tone and broad range leads to an almost liquid-like conception that comes through with deceptive ease. He’s not a bad writer to boot and his arrangements here are workmanlike, if not downright catchy. “Con Alma” gets a sprightly treatment not unlike a classic version from Wes Montgomery’s Bumpin’. The standard “I Love You” also gets a new facade via its rich three-horn voicings, although one would have hoped to hear both Swana and Davis utilized more throughout. Greene’s one ballad statement, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most,” is a real beauty, complete with extended cadenza at the close. As for the rest of Greene’s cohorts, Swana and Davis are already well- known, while pianist Aaron Goldberg and bassist Darrell Hall are two up-and-comers. Rounding out the group, Eric McPherson is a fellow Hartt grad that has been tearing things up as of late. Keep an eye and ear out for Greene and these guys, we’re sure to hear a lot from them in the future.~ C.Andrew Hovan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/introducing-jimmy-greene-jimmy-greene-criss-cross-review-by-c-andrew-hovan.php

Personnel: Jimmy Greene- tenor sax, John Swana- trumpet & flugelhorn, Steve Davis- trombone, Aaron Goldberg- piano, Darrell Hall- bass, Eric McPherson- drums

Introducing Jimmy Greene

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