Reflections of Buhaina

Reflections of Buhaina

Reflections of Buhaina

ASIN: B00004TSBL

Editorial Reviews
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Aside from being one of jazz's best drummers, Art Blakey was also one of the music's greatest talent scouts. Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, and Wynton Marsalis are just some of the superstars who developed in Blakey's Jazz Messengers over its decades of existence. This CD contains a 1957 session with an unheralded version of the Jazz Messengers--featuring alto sax powerhouse Jackie McLean, bassist Spanky DeBrest, pianist Sam Dockery, and trumpeter Bill Hardman. This ensemble may mot have the best known, but they deliver some driving hard bop. With Blakey's powerful press roles, sizzling high hat and lighting licks, the band cooks, especially on Gigi Gryce's "Casino," Ray Draper's Latin number, "The Biddie Griddies," and the melodically intricate title track.

"Study in Rhythm," a solo showcase designed to highlight the "new" technology of stereo, highlights Blakey's impressive one-man approximation of an Afro-Cuban drum choir. The other star of the date is the mellow-toned Hardman, and his 1961 LP date with ex-Messenger bassist Doug Watkins, pianist Sonny Red, and drummer Jimmy Cobb make up half of this reissue. Hardman proves himself so thoroughly as a player and bandleader just on this material that one wonders why his work isn't reissued in its own right. Never mind that, though, and be thankful for this double-length set. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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Reflections of Buhaina
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Don't overlook this one.
 Reflections of Buhaina
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TSBL
Release Date: 2000-06-20

Tracks:

  1. Casino
  2. The Biddie Griddies
  3. Potpourri
  4. Ugh!
  5. Mirage
  6. Reflections Of Buhaina
  7. Study In Rhythm
  8. Angel Eyes
  9. Jo B.
  10. With Malice Towards None
  11. Capers

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Aside from being one of jazz's best drummers, Art Blakey was also one of the music's greatest talent scouts. Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, and Wynton Marsalis are just some of the superstars who developed in Blakey's Jazz Messengers over its decades of existence. This CD contains a 1957 session with an unheralded version of the Jazz Messengers--featuring alto sax powerhouse Jackie McLean, bassist Spanky DeBrest, pianist Sam Dockery, and trumpeter Bill Hardman. This ensemble may mot have the best known, but they deliver some driving hard bop. With Blakey's powerful press roles, sizzling high hat and lighting licks, the band cooks, especially on Gigi Gryce's "Casino," Ray Draper's Latin number, "The Biddie Griddies," and the melodically intricate title track.

"Study in Rhythm," a solo showcase designed to highlight the "new" technology of stereo, highlights Blakey's impressive one-man approximation of an Afro-Cuban drum choir. The other star of the date is the mellow-toned Hardman, and his 1961 LP date with ex-Messenger bassist Doug Watkins, pianist Sonny Red, and drummer Jimmy Cobb make up half of this reissue. Hardman proves himself so thoroughly as a player and bandleader just on this material that one wonders why his work isn't reissued in its own right. Never mind that, though, and be thankful for this double-length set. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Don't overlook this one........2006-06-01

Originally a 1957 Electra date before being reissued by Savoy under the title "Midnight Session," Savoy has reissued it under the original title and in a handsome package that includes 5 additional tracks, 4 from a 1961 Bill Hardman session. Bill may not have been Clifford Brown, but he's right up there with other Blakey trumpet stars--Byrd, Morgan, Dorham, Hubbard, Marsalis, Blanchard. Add up his several tours of duty with the Messengers and you'll find that he played longer on Blakey's frontline than any other musician. Hearing his bristling, crackling solo work and intricate ensemble contribution on "Ugh!" should amply support Bu's confidence in him.

I personally can't take too much of Jackie McClean's sharp-sour sound, but he meshes especially well with Hardman's trumpet on this occasion, and the second half of the program affords the listener a welcome contrast in the alto saxophone of Sonny Redd. This latter session displays, especially on "Capers," the fuller sound that Hardman would increasingly develop throughout the sixties. Ronnie Matthews' inventive playing conquers an out-of-tune piano, while Jimmy Cobb, the drummer on the date, is predictably tight and right. Even Blakey's drums sound crisper than usual, in part because this was not a Van Gelder-engineered recording. In fact, the only plausible reason Bill Hardman remains so neglected would seem to be his absence on the Messenger dates for Blue Note. In the liner notes, drummer Kenny Washington claims that the Messenger recordings for Columbia, Bethlehem, RCA and Elektra are at least every bit as worthy as the better known Blue Note sessions. No arguments from me.

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  4. Something Else!:The Music of Ornette Coleman
  5. Song for My Sister
  6. Song X
  7. Stable Mates
  8. Straight Lines
  9. Swiss Encounter: Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival [Live]
  10. The Ballads of Barry Manilow

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