![]() ![]() Nat Adderleys stirring Wabash receives a spirited soul-blues interpretation with Baker back on trumpet and growling away happily. Rapid Shave is a fast burner that features stomping tenor sax and a workout for drummer Derouard.īaker is only heard on three tracks as trumpeter but on Feel So Crazy he turns up as vocalist, adding a crisp croon to the slow ballad which he also wrote. Impulsive is another well-structured slow selection, this time a seldom-heard blues by Johnny Hodges which the leader digs into with vigour and invention. In almost complete contrast the next piece is a warm, breathy version of Strayhorns Lush Life with sumptuous tenor sax and nourishing piano chords - overall a very tasty ballad reading. Its all there brisk, brassy trumpet, Hubbard style, the sort of flowing piano solos any one of a dozen top pianists used to provide and all wrapped up in all-embracing polyrhythmic drumming. "Solàs bright combo begins with just the sort of hard bop opus Blakey would most likely be playing if he were still around. ![]()
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