Home
In Focus
Barnes and Noble
In Focus
Current price: $21.99
![In Focus](https://cdn.mall.adeptmind.ai/https%3A%2F%2Fprodimage.images-bn.com%2Fpimages%2F8712474119127_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg_640x.jpg)
![In Focus](https://cdn.mall.adeptmind.ai/https%3A%2F%2Fprodimage.images-bn.com%2Fpimages%2F8712474119127_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg_640x.jpg)
Barnes and Noble
In Focus
Current price: $21.99
Size: OS
Loading Inventory...
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Barnes and Noble
For his debut as a leader, tenor saxophonist
teams up here with two of his
labelmates, guitarist
and pianist
. The rhythm section players, bassist
and drummer
, happen to have appeared on
, the 2000 release of another fine yet far more recognized tenor man,
.
is in excellent form, displaying a husky sound and an advanced, fleet-fingered improvisational approach.
contributes the singing-yet-biting solos for which he's well known.
shines, especially as an accompanist on
's tenor/piano ballad
Overall, the playing is more interesting than the compositions themselves. There are some nice arranging touches, however. The quintet plays
a
tune once recorded by
, in a furious double-time. They play
in the usual ballad fashion, but with
providing the only accompaniment and
laying out.
reaches into the hard bop vaults with
's slow-grooving
and
's
He roars on his own
and craftily negotiates the contours of
the opener. The record doesn't exactly break any ground, but it's a solid straight-ahead outing that gets
's career as a leader off to a good start. ~ David R. Adler