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Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles
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In league with his local big-band colleagues, drummer/composer (and onetime
arranger)
's second album since a Grammy nomination for
figures heavily with references to music past as well as a handful of nice fresh ideas. The album opens in pure jump jazz form with
-- and just maybe a hint of the old
theme. The push slows down a fair amount with the subtle but carefully loping
then walks the line between Sunday afternoon jazz and Latin-flared jazz with the title track. A bit of New Orleans creeps into
and there is an overly relaxed approach to a lazy afternoon in
along with a tribute to North Texas writing via dropped chord progressions.
takes in bits of soul-jazz and
scoring in equal measure; Latin is tried more directly in
with something of
's blaring approach to Afro-Cuban stylings in the arrangement; and
stands as a straightforward piece of smooth jazz in tribute to
, though there are touches and idioms from other pieces of jazz history hidden away (was that a horn riff from
?). The album ends with a relative bang, moving back to more stereotypical big-band jump again (just as it started) and blasting its way through a frantic seven minutes of solos and group hits before collapsing into a final musical heap. The album has a little bit of everything, but never carries one form quite long enough to sound coherent. Outstanding playing and fine compositions all around, just perhaps in need of some reordering. ~ Adam Greenberg