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For his second Dreyfus Jazz album, Grossman ventures into New York's Sweet Basil club, with a stellar piano trio (McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharp, Art Taylor) in tow. With this kind of firepower, the listener is usually guaranteed a satisfying level of cooking jazz, and that's certainly what we get here, though it seldom rises above that into a higher region. Grossman's tune choices are mostly predictable standards, the one exception being his own cheeky title "Love for Sal," a bop-style number where the bass and then the piano double the tune's lead sax statement. Throughout, Grossman likes to fire away the eighth notes in that pungent, Sonny Rollins-influenced tenor tone, with Tyner often temporarily (and generously) dropping out so that the saxophonist can develop freer melodic patterns over the bass and drums. "Impressions" -- taken virtually at Tyner's late employer John Coltrane's tempo -- does achieve a special ignition, driven hard by Taylor, with some exploration of multiphonics by an inspired Grossman. Otherwise, a mostly solid live session of post-bop.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Steve Grossman, MainArtist
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company 1992 ℗ 1991 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
Steve Grossman, MainArtist
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company 1993 ℗ 1991 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
Steve Grossman, MainArtist
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company 1993 ℗ 1991 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
Steve Grossman, MainArtist
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company 1993 ℗ 1991 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
Steve Grossman, MainArtist
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company ℗ 1991 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
Steve Grossman, MainArtist
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company 1993 ℗ 1991 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
Steve Grossman, MainArtist
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company 1993 ℗ 1991 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
Album review
For his second Dreyfus Jazz album, Grossman ventures into New York's Sweet Basil club, with a stellar piano trio (McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharp, Art Taylor) in tow. With this kind of firepower, the listener is usually guaranteed a satisfying level of cooking jazz, and that's certainly what we get here, though it seldom rises above that into a higher region. Grossman's tune choices are mostly predictable standards, the one exception being his own cheeky title "Love for Sal," a bop-style number where the bass and then the piano double the tune's lead sax statement. Throughout, Grossman likes to fire away the eighth notes in that pungent, Sonny Rollins-influenced tenor tone, with Tyner often temporarily (and generously) dropping out so that the saxophonist can develop freer melodic patterns over the bass and drums. "Impressions" -- taken virtually at Tyner's late employer John Coltrane's tempo -- does achieve a special ignition, driven hard by Taylor, with some exploration of multiphonics by an inspired Grossman. Otherwise, a mostly solid live session of post-bop.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:56
- Main artists: Steve Grossman
- Label: Dreyfus Jazz
- Genre: Jazz
© 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company ℗ 1992 Francis Dreyfus Music SARL, a BMG Company
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