The irrepressible
Ernie Andrews
continues his late-career renaissance with
How About Me
. Produced by saxophonist
Houston Person
,
Andrews
fronts a quintet with
Person
, guitarist
Terry Evans
, pianist and arranger
Phil Wright
Richard Simon
on bass, and
Frank Wilson
on drums. The material ranges from all over the place, but most comes from the 1940s and '50s.
is in fine form on cuts like the
Eddie Lane
and
John Jacob Loeb
classic
"Boulevard of Memories,"
Leonard Feather
's fine
jump blues
"She's Got the Blues for Sale,"
and the
Duke Ellington
nugget
"It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream."
The title cut is one of
' finest performances in recent years -- with his version of the
Irving Berlin
masterpiece
"How About Me."
This is a solid date form start to finish. ~ Thom Jurek