 Исполнитель: Billy Drummond & Freedom Of Ideas Название альбома: Valse Sinistre Год выпуска: 2022 Формат файлов: FLAC [Hi-Res 24Bit]/MP3@320K/s Размер архива: 918,7 MB/104,8 MB Скачать с: turbobit/gigapeta/katfile/rapidgator
2 Never Ends 07:00
3 Valse Sinistre 06:12
4 Laura 03:29
5 Frankenstein 05:18
6 Changes For Trane & Monk 03:15
7 Clara's Room 05:50
8 Reconfirmed 04:22
9 Lawra 04:04
As one of the world's foremost jazz drummers, Billy Drummond manages to keep busy—so much so that Valse Sinistre, recorded in November 2021, is his first album as leader in more than twenty-five years, following the critically acclaimed Dubai from 1996. This time around, Drummond is at the helm of his Freedom of Ideas quartet, Micah Thomas on piano; Dezron Douglas on bass; and Dayna Stephens on saxophones.
Even though he is the nominal leader, Drummond doesn't command the spotlight, preferring instead to let his superior timekeeping speak for itself. He solos (briefly) only thrice, on Stanley Cowell's high-stepping "Reconfirmed," drummer Tony Williams' "Lawra" and toward the end of his own composition, "Changes for Trane & Monk." The album embraces five more originals and one standard, David Raksin's memorable "Laura" (as far as can be ascertained, only distantly related to "Lawra"). Carla Bley wrote the diaphanous title waltz, which kindles memories of a long-ago radio series before the advent of television, I Love a Mystery.
With Drummond supervising the rhythm, his colleagues are more than happy to shoulder melodic and improvisatory duties. Thomas and Douglas sparkle whenever called upon, while Stephens is admirable on tenor or soprano sax, on which he alternates. On the flip side, Drummond's choice of material is no more than passable; only "Reconfirmed" leaves more than a fleeting impression. The session gets under way with Jackie McLean's animated "Little Melonae" and continues with Thomas' easygoing "Never Ends" before "Valse Sinistre" and "Laura." Grachan Moncur's fast-paced "Frankenstein" precedes "Changes," Frank Kimbrough's dreamy "Clara's Room," "Reconfirmed" and "Lawra."
In sum, a very good album—how could it not be with Drummond in charge?—that nevertheless lands a measure or two short of excellent, thanks for the most part to ingredients that are by and large appetizing on their own but when blended make a rather garden-variety stew. ~ Jack Bowers
Billy Drummond – drums
Dayna Stephens – saxophones
Micah Thomas – piano
Dezron Douglas – bass
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Maureen Sickler on November 6, 2021
Cellar Live CM111022
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