MAINSTREAM QUINTET
R. Houck | USA | 10/08/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
""'BOUT TIME" AND "THE FEELING OF JAZZ" WERE BOTH RECORDED FOR CRISS CROSS WITH THE SAME PERSONNEL:
MIKE LeDONNE - PIANO; TOM HARRELL - TPT;
GARY SMULYAN - BARI SAX;
DENNIS ERWIN - BASS;
KENNY WASHINGTON - DRUMS;ANY FAN OF MAINSTREAM ACOUSTIC JAZZ WILL ENJOY THESE RECORDINGS. LeDONNE WAS MILT JACKSON'T PIANIST FOR MANY YEARS, AND HE BRINGS A SENSITIVE SWING TO THESE SESSIONS. SIMILAR TO SWINGING BLUE NOTE LATE 50'S / EARLY 60'S BOP SESSIONS. SMULYAN'S TASTEFUL BARI SAX OFFERS SOME CONTRACT TO THE TYPICAL TPT AND TENOR FRONT LINE. A FEW SELECTIONS ON EACH RECORDING ARE PLAYED JUST BY THE RHYTHM SECTION TRIO."