A smoker from reedman Tim
Warfield – working here on tenor sax with a tight group that comes across with
plenty of fire! The entire lineup here is great – and they include Antoine Drye
on trumpet, Kevin Hays on piano, Greg Williams on bass, Rodney Green on drums,
and Herb Harris on vocals and tenor sax – all of whom are top notch here. Warfield is wonderfully sharp – blowing a
batch of late night ballad grooves with a soulful vibe throughout.
Warfield is a master saxophonist
with over 20 years of experience on the jazz scene. His 1995 debut recording "A Cool
Blue" was selected as a top ten recording in a New York Times critics
poll, as was his 1998 recording "Gentle Warrior" (featuring Cyrus
Chestnut, Taurus Mateen, Clarence Penn, Terrell Stafford, and Nichlolas
Payton), proclaiming him "possibly the most powerful saxophonist of his
generation". In 1999, he was awarded "Talent Deserving Wider
Recognition" in Downbeat Magazine's 49th Annual Critics poll. In 2000,
alongside crooner Loston Harris, Warfield performed at the MTV GQ Men of the
Year Awards in New York City."
In 2012, Warfield released
"Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas." Edward Blanco, at All About Jazz
says, "Performing a selection of familiar songs with a heavy contemporary
flavor, the music is so straight-ahead in nature that such seasonal tunes like
"Let It Snow," "Joy To The World," and "Silent
Night," are almost unrecognizable as Christmas music and could easily be
part of any playlist throughout the year."
The album is produced, written,
and arranged by Herb Harris who spent a short period with the Wynton Marsalis
Septet with whom he toured the states, Europe, and South America; he’s appeared
on the soundtrack to "Tune In Tommorow" and he was also featured in
the group of saxists dubbed the "Tough Young Tenors" on the album
"Alone Together” which reached #5 on Billboard's Jazz Chart.
Full
tracklisting: Monkee See Monkee Doo;
Robert Earl; Ny Daze Ny Knights; When I'm Alone With You; Inspire Me!;
What If's; A Tinge of the Melancholy; and. Monkee See Monkee Doo(Alternate
Take).
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