The Oliver Gannon Quartet - That's What

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:55
Size: 144,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:19)  1. Jay's Blues
(5:51)  2. Bright Mississippi
(6:54)  3. Four Cats
(5:31)  4. Brooklyn
(7:23)  5. Goodbye Porkpie Hat
(9:04)  6. Stella By Starlight
(6:46)  7. That's What
(5:48)  8. Talk Of The Town
(8:16)  9. Soul Journey

Gannon's February 28, 2004 performance at the Cellar documented on That's What features pianist Miles Black, bassist Miles Hill and drummer Blaine Wikjord. There are three Gannon originals, two pieces by Black, a pair of standards (Victor Young's classic "Stella by Starlight and Jerry Livingston's "Talk of the Town ) and one apiece by Monk and Mingus. His choice of the unhackneyed "Bright Mississippi as the Thelonious Monk tune is an inspired one. Based on "Sweet Georgia Brown, the tune is one of the more obscure compositions in Monk's ouevre. It lives up to the first word in its title and includes some delightful paraphrases of other pieces by the Sphere-ical one as Black's solo takes off. Mingus's "Goodbye Porkpie Hat has long been a favorite with jazz guitarists. Gannon's version can stand with the best of them, as he takes the bittersweet paean to Lester Young at a medium lope, a shade faster than many folks have in the past, and conveys the joy as well as the pathos inherent in the melody. There's a deep blues bedrock underlying this interpretation. ~ Bill Bennett  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/mike-rud-live-from-lotusland-the-oliver-gannon-quartet-thats-what-by-bill-bennett.php#.VEGnohawTP8

Personnel: Oliver Gannon: guitar; Miles Black: piano; Miles Hill: bass; Blaine Wikjord: drums.

That's What

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