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The recording session for Muse on September 13, 1977, that produced Sam Jones' Something in Common came only a day before the session that resulted in the acoustic bassist's Xanadu LP Changes & Things. Both albums find Jones leading sextets, although with different personnel. Trombonist Slide Hampton, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, and tenor saxman Bob Berg join Jones on both sessions; however, Something in Common finds Cedar Walton on piano instead of Barry Harris and Billy Higgins on drums instead of Louis Hayes. In the 1970s, Jones' recordings as a leader were quite consistent, and Something in Common is a rewarding example of the type of solid, hard-swinging bop and post-bop that people expected from him. The only Jones piece that the sextet embraces is "Seven Minds"; other selections were written by Hampton ("Every Man Is a King"), Walton ("Something in Common" and the better known "Bolivia"), and Mitchell ("Blue Silver"). Sadly, Mitchell's career was cut short only two years after Something in Common was recorded; in 1979, the Clifford Brown-influenced trumpeter died of cancer at 49. Originally released on vinyl by Muse, Something in Common was reissued on CD in 2000 with three bonus tracks -- "One for Amos," "Shoulders," and Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" are from Walton's Muse release Firm Roots, which was recorded live in Rochester, NY, in April 1974. The group formed by Walton, Jones, and Hayes is essentially a bop trio even though Walton is on electric piano and the musicians are interpreting an R&B/pop hit. This CD is well worth hearing.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer - Sam Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Jones, MainArtist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Jones, MainArtist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Slide Hampton, ComposerLyricist - CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer - Sam Jones, MainArtist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Sam Jones, MainArtist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer - Sam M Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer - Sam Jones, MainArtist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer - Blue Mitchell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Jones, MainArtist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer - Sam Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - CEDAR WALTON, Producer, Recording Producer - Sam Jones, MainArtist - Bob Porter, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
The recording session for Muse on September 13, 1977, that produced Sam Jones' Something in Common came only a day before the session that resulted in the acoustic bassist's Xanadu LP Changes & Things. Both albums find Jones leading sextets, although with different personnel. Trombonist Slide Hampton, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, and tenor saxman Bob Berg join Jones on both sessions; however, Something in Common finds Cedar Walton on piano instead of Barry Harris and Billy Higgins on drums instead of Louis Hayes. In the 1970s, Jones' recordings as a leader were quite consistent, and Something in Common is a rewarding example of the type of solid, hard-swinging bop and post-bop that people expected from him. The only Jones piece that the sextet embraces is "Seven Minds"; other selections were written by Hampton ("Every Man Is a King"), Walton ("Something in Common" and the better known "Bolivia"), and Mitchell ("Blue Silver"). Sadly, Mitchell's career was cut short only two years after Something in Common was recorded; in 1979, the Clifford Brown-influenced trumpeter died of cancer at 49. Originally released on vinyl by Muse, Something in Common was reissued on CD in 2000 with three bonus tracks -- "One for Amos," "Shoulders," and Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" are from Walton's Muse release Firm Roots, which was recorded live in Rochester, NY, in April 1974. The group formed by Walton, Jones, and Hayes is essentially a bop trio even though Walton is on electric piano and the musicians are interpreting an R&B/pop hit. This CD is well worth hearing.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:10
- Main artists: Sam Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Savoy
- Genre: Jazz
© 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1978 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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