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Honestly, it's tempting to imagine (shades of the urban legend about German avant-garde freaks Amon Düül) that when Houston Person signed to High Note Records in the mid-'90s, he recorded one marathon session and all of his albums since then have simply been culled from those master tapes. Certainly they've had the same sound, along with most of the same personnel. Practically the only way to tell the difference between the albums is by the song selection choices. This one splits the difference between jazz standards and pop hits, with Duke Ellington's immortal "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" (given a wonderful, sprightly reading that owes a subtle debt to Rahsaan Roland Kirk's sublime take on the underrated A Meeting of the Times) leading one pack and Bread's treacly "If" (surprisingly good, with some lovely, restrained guitar work by Russell Malone the only backing for Person's meditative solo) the other. As always with Person, the standards win. This isn't a bad place to start for those wondering which album from this era to get.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - J. BURKE, Composer - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist - J. Van Heusen, Composer
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - H. Warren, Composer - A. Dubin, Composer - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - O. Hammerstein Ii, Composer - R. RODGERS, Composer - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
E.K. Ellington, Composer - Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - H. Warren, Composer - M. Gordon, Composer - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
M. Dennis, Composer - Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist - T. M. Adair, Composer
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
E.K. Ellington, Composer - J. Hodges, Composer - Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - D. George, Composer - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - A. WILDER, Composer - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - J. Ross, Composer - R. Adler, Composer - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
D. Gates, Composer - Grady Tate, FeaturedArtist - Richard Wyands, FeaturedArtist - Ray Drummond, FeaturedArtist - Houston Person, MainArtist - Russell Malone, FeaturedArtist
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
Album review
Honestly, it's tempting to imagine (shades of the urban legend about German avant-garde freaks Amon Düül) that when Houston Person signed to High Note Records in the mid-'90s, he recorded one marathon session and all of his albums since then have simply been culled from those master tapes. Certainly they've had the same sound, along with most of the same personnel. Practically the only way to tell the difference between the albums is by the song selection choices. This one splits the difference between jazz standards and pop hits, with Duke Ellington's immortal "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" (given a wonderful, sprightly reading that owes a subtle debt to Rahsaan Roland Kirk's sublime take on the underrated A Meeting of the Times) leading one pack and Bread's treacly "If" (surprisingly good, with some lovely, restrained guitar work by Russell Malone the only backing for Person's meditative solo) the other. As always with Person, the standards win. This isn't a bad place to start for those wondering which album from this era to get.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:03
- Main artists: Houston Person
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: HighNote Records
- Genre: Jazz Bebop
HighNote Records, Inc. HighNote Records, Inc.
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