Joe Gilman Trio - View So Tender: Wonder Revisited Vol. 2

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:20
Size: 145,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:19) 1. Cryin' Through the Night
(6:52) 2. Whereabouts
(5:50) 3. Knocks Me Off My Feet
(6:05) 4. You and I
(6:49) 5. Contusion
(6:05) 6. Bird of Beauty
(6:02) 7. Easy Goin' Evenin'
(5:18) 8. Another Star
(7:10) 9. Don't Know Why I Love You
(6:45) 10. As If You Read My Mind

Joe Gilman is a young and experienced jazz pianist whose brilliance is unquestioned, and whose taste level is refined within the modern mainstream progressive aesthetic. While never a chart topper of critic's darling, he in fact should be, based on his sheer talent and ability to craft new shapes and sounds out of established pop or jazz material. This second volume of modifications on the music of Stevie Wonder continues Gilman's path of self-discovery and intrigue, turning 14K tunes into solid gold. What distinguishes these alterations is their utter departure from the original melodies, as Gilman makes them his own in no uncertain terms. The two most famous tunes are "You & I" and "Another Star," the former a relatively recognizable deeply romantic ballad, and the latter an unexpected fleet and dynamic hard bop version à la McCoy Tyner. Gilman loves to employ tricky meter switch-ups, in tiptoe time from 7/8 to 5/4 on "Whereabouts," shifting complex and modern 5/4 to simplified and breezy 6/8 during "Knocks Me Off My Feet," and doling out large portions of free time, quirky and playful chunks of light and heavy rhythm changes on the hard bop based "Contusion." Gilman uses bouncy, quaint, and swinging chords opposite the response of bassist Joe Sanders on "Cryin' Through the Night," employs a similar reverberation in reverent, restrained, and heavier chord definitions or contours during "Easy Goin' Evening," and straightens the course during a samba infused "Bird of Beauty." Drummer Justin Brown is up to the task on all of these adaptations, steadily navigating the cleverest rhythms during the long spirit song "Don't Know Why I Love You," and establishing a contemporary loping bluesy pace à la Vernell Fournier of Ahmad Jamal's bands for "As If You Read My Mind." This is a solid effort that proudly stands alongside the first volume of Gilman's previous tribute to Motown's pop icon, as well as the pianist's 2003 tribute to Dave Brubeck. It is also one of the better jazz recordings of 2008, well worth your while whether you are a piano fan, neo-bop lover, or enjoy your pop music with an energized, direct, straight-ahead infusion. ~ Michael G.Nastos https://www.allmusic.com/album/view-so-tender-wonder-revisited-vol-2-mw0000581268

Personnel: Piano – Joe Gilman; Bass – Joe Sanders; Drums – Justin Brown

View So Tender: Wonder Revisited Vol. 2

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Joe Gilman Trio - Treasure Chest

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:21
Size: 138.1 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[4:18] 1. Treasure Chest
[6:41] 2. The Enchantress
[9:06] 3. It's All Right With Me
[6:14] 4. New Aftershave
[7:02] 5. A Second Wish
[5:06] 6. Chains
[5:35] 7. Non Compos Mentis
[5:11] 8. Nefertiti
[3:42] 9. Juris Prudence
[7:20] 10. It's Alright With Me

Dr. Joe Gilman is Artist in Residence at the Brubeck Institute, a full-time professor of music at American River College in Sacramento, and an adjunct professor of jazz studies at CSU Sacramento. Joe was the music director of Capital Jazz Project from 1997 to 2011. He has received bachelor's degrees in classical piano and jazz studies at Indiana University, a master's degree in jazz and the contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music, and a doctoral degree in education from the University of Sarasota.

Joe has been the primary pianist with jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson since September 2006, and has also performed professionally with Eddie Harris, Woody Shaw, Marlena Shaw, Richie Cole, Joe Locke, George Duke, Chris Botti, Eric Alexander, Anthony Wilson, Nicholas Payton, Russell Malone, Charles McPherson, Wycliffe Gordon, David "Fathead" Newman, and Slide Hampton, and has recorded with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Frank Morgan, Jeff Watts, Robert Hurst, Tootie Heath, and Larry Grenadier.

Dr. Gilman has twice been an International Jazz Ambassador through the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and USIA, traveling to West Africa in 1999 and East and Southern Africa in 2000. He won the 1998 Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission Emerging Artist Award and the 2000 Sacramento News and Review SAMMIES Critical Achievement award for contribution to the arts community. Joe was the 2001 American River College Student Association Instructor of the Year and was named the first Brubeck Scholar at the 2005 Brubeck Festival. In 2004, Joe won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Gilman's work with students at the Brubeck Institute has produced several CDs - Brubeck Revisited Vols. 1 and 2 (Sunnyside), Wonder Revisited Vols. 1 and 2, Americanvas, and Relativity (Capri) - all recorded with Brubeck Institute fellows. His work with the students at the Brubeck Institute and American River College has resulted in eighteen DownBeat magazine student awards.

JOE GILMAN, piano; BOB HURST, bass; JOE HENDERSON, tenor saxophone on 3, 5, 7,10; TOM PERON, trumpet on 7; JEFF 'TAIN' WATTS, drums

Treasure Chest

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The Joe Gilman Trio - View So Tender: Wonder Revisited Volume 1

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:05
Size: 139.8 MB
Styles: Piano jazz, Contemporary jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[8:15] 1. I Wish
[6:15] 2. Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing
[7:32] 3. Smile Please
[6:49] 4. That Girl
[6:33] 5. Sir Duke
[7:04] 6. Taboo
[5:21] 7. Send One Your Love
[6:39] 8. Love Light In Flight
[6:31] 9. Go Home

Joe Gilman's recording of the music of Stevie Wonder is not a tribute, but a reassembling of the music into vehicles for improvisation. His approach is fresh and his ideas delve into the possibilities of the art form we respectfully call jazz. Wonder's music contains beautiful melodies, adaptable harmonies, flexible forms and longevity. This is volume one of two releases of the recordings made of Stevie's music by this great trio.

View So Tender: Wonder Revisited Volume 1

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