What If

What If Artist: Bruce Ditmas
Label: Postcards
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 782737100726
EAN: 0782737100726
ASIN: B00000371L


Release Date: 1995-04-18

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  1. Jazz Choices of a Progressive Music Fan
  2. Outstanding Jazz Drummers/Percussionists
  3. Outstanding Modern Jazz/Free Improvisation
  4. Rippin' Electric Jazz Guitar!
  5. Great "out" jazz and a little classical on Postcards

Tracks:

  1. Island Seven
  2. What If
  3. Clever Conversation
  4. 3348 Big Easy: A. Deep Blue Sleep
  5. 3348 Big Easy: B. Thursday Nite Special
  6. 3348 Big Easy: C. Voodoo Street Beat
  7. Pulp
  8. Power Surge
  9. Don't Wake Me

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A sound and musical treasure.......2004-10-28

It is a cliche to say so but that will not deter me - ISLAND SEVEN which opens the program of music on this fine CD is enough for me for the price of the album. Mr Ditmas sets up a sonic almost thunderous but intensely music backdrop to a stunning set of solos from the musicians involved. Musicians? Artists, legends, greats might be a better description, but more of these later. This opening track reminds one of Africa and its musical history but the music morphs into a more reflective conclusion through the guitar work of John Abercombie. The piano solo is a stunner. The title track also begings with the drums of leader and composer of all seven pieces. The music is on the free side of the music allowing considerable space for improvising and does feature Mr Abercombie on a joint composition PULP letting loose with a solo of remarkable power. DONT WAKE ME features the sythesizer work of Mr Bley. Mr Rivers is still playing as if he were thirty years of age on POWER SURGE. The BIG EASY suite is the compositional highlight with an extensive solo by Mr Rivers on soprano sax, more glorious drumming by Mr Ditmas, and a brilliant quirky stomping swinging THURDAY NITE SPECIAL.
Norman Granz was famous for getting musicians together who may not have otherwise had the opportunity, and this has been a feature of Metronome Magazine, etc, in the old days during award time. Mr Alfred Lion did the same at Blue Note. In the present case Mr Ditmas and Mr Simon invited some musicians he has greatly admired over the years for his recording date and what legends they are. The musical history that these three - Bley, Rivers, Abercrombie - embrace and have been part of has really been the major evolution of improvised music in the past fifty years. This is a beautiful album, invigorating, powerful, and swinging. Thank goodness for POSTCARDS.

Music CD:

  1. Then and Now: The Soft Winds, 1946-1996 ~ The Soft Winds
  2. If Only for One Night ~ Charles Earland, Najee
  3. Jazz 'Round Midnight: Clifford Brown ~ Clifford Brown
  4. The Blue Rims ~ Rich Halley Quartet
  5. We Begin ~ Mark Isham, Art Lande
  6. The Road Home ~ Pat Kelley
  7. Grand Tour Alignment ~ Solar Wind
  8. Swing de Paris 1922-1951 ~ Various Artists
  9. Heads Up ~ Stone Alliance, Don Alias, Steve Grossman Gene Perla
  10. Best of the Big Bands ~ BBC Big Band Orchestra

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Da MHR All-Stars ~ Various Artists

Massive Blur ~ Melissa Ferrick

The String Quartet Tribute to Audioslave

Wild Dogs With X-Rays Eyes ~ Helicopter Helicopter

Elvis Presley ~ Elvis Presley

Meshach ~ Meshach

Greatest Hits ~ Korn

Thugz Diary ~ Court Dog

Christmas Rappin' ~ Kurtis Blow

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