Ray Brown:King Of Bass
Ahmed Chronwell | Washington DC | 09/08/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Ray Brown has been putting the low end on jazz records since the late 30s probably. His sound is always heavy and well in tune with his fellow musicians. On this CD there's a pretty good group. Art Pepper plays very inspired sax and the legendary trumpeter Art Farmer switches to flugelhorn .This accents his lyrical talents and the magic is apparent on "Downwind" and"My Funny Valentine", a horn/piano duet with Hampton Hawes. I've been getting into bebop recently from the 70s and I see that there was more than fusion going down because this album does'nt sound like a session of vets from the 50s (though it is), it's forever modern music."