Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:57
Size: 156,1 MB
Art: Front
(13:24) 1. The Chant
(14:21) 2. New Delhi
(11:45) 3. Falling in Love
(15:14) 4. Brazilian Thoroughfare
(13:11) 5. You and the Night and the Music
Since the original late-50s Jazz Couriers, led by the sax duo of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, would regularly mix Latin dance-shuffles with insane-tempo bebop, this new title from the Couriers' devoted tribute band was a bit worrying. But New Couriers regulars need have no fear, right from the opening outburst of the late Victor Feldman's hard-boppish.
The Chant, with the precise, bluesy bluster of the excellent Mornington Lockett's tenor solo hurtling upwards over the propulsion of drummer-leader Martin Drew's irresistible hi-hat snaps. Vibraphonist Jim Hart's limpid lines make a fine solo contrast, and the whole band is marshalled and cajoled by the thoughtful Steve Melling on piano and the steady purr of Paul Morgan's immaculate bass-playing.
Three of the tunes are Feldman's (along with Dave Holland and John McLaughlin, he was one of the Englishmen who caught Miles Davis's ear), and if Steve Melling's Latin title track doesn't really sustain either the Feldman incisiveness or his own pianistic inventiveness, the closing You and the Night and the Music is right in the old Couriers' hyper bop ball park.
By John Fordham https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/30/new-couriers-brazilian-thoroughfare-review
Personnel: Vibraphone – Jim Hart; Double Bass – Paul Morgan; Drums – Martin Drew; Piano – Steve Melling; Saxophone – Mornington Locket
The Chant, with the precise, bluesy bluster of the excellent Mornington Lockett's tenor solo hurtling upwards over the propulsion of drummer-leader Martin Drew's irresistible hi-hat snaps. Vibraphonist Jim Hart's limpid lines make a fine solo contrast, and the whole band is marshalled and cajoled by the thoughtful Steve Melling on piano and the steady purr of Paul Morgan's immaculate bass-playing.
Three of the tunes are Feldman's (along with Dave Holland and John McLaughlin, he was one of the Englishmen who caught Miles Davis's ear), and if Steve Melling's Latin title track doesn't really sustain either the Feldman incisiveness or his own pianistic inventiveness, the closing You and the Night and the Music is right in the old Couriers' hyper bop ball park.
By John Fordham https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/30/new-couriers-brazilian-thoroughfare-review
Personnel: Vibraphone – Jim Hart; Double Bass – Paul Morgan; Drums – Martin Drew; Piano – Steve Melling; Saxophone – Mornington Locket
Brazilian Thoroughfare