Irby, Sherman / Live At The Otto Club
Album: Live At The Otto Club   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Irby, Sherman   Added:Mar 2010
Label:Black Warrior  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-03-28 Pull Date: 2010-05-30 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: May 30 May 23 May 2 Apr 18 Apr 4
Airplays: 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 29, 2016: No Cover, No Minimum
Bohemia After Dark
4. May 25, 2010: Vocal Concoctions
Countdown
2. Feb 03, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
Depth
5. May 22, 2010: Music Casserole
Countdown
3. May 25, 2010: At the Cafe Bohemian
Bohemia After Dark
6. Apr 30, 2010: No Cover, No Minimum
Depth

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-03-28
SHERMAN IRBY QUARTET: Live at the Otto Club
Black Warrior, 2010

MODERN BOP – Irby, a soulful and dexterous alto saxophonist in the Cannonball Adderley mold, shows both chops and taste in this set of modern-jazz standards, recorded live at a club in Naples, Italy. No surprises here, just straight up jazz.

* * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4

1. 09:48 – bebop stroll: starts mild; sax picks up some steam, piano glides
2. 11:12 – upbeat, swinging groove: sinuous sax, happy piano, hard drums
3. 14:10 – romantic ballad, takes its own sweet time; languid, lyrical solos
4. 06:13 – ambitious expansion of a famous Coltrane solo, fast & breathless
5. 11:04 – Miles Davis tune played as a surprisingly slow ballad
6. 09:09 – perky T. Monk swinger; solos for everyone, good sax/drum dialogue

[ Fo ] 03/28/10

Track Listing
1. Bohemia After Dark   4. Countdown
2. Depth   5. Four
3. Laura's Love Song   6. In Walked Bud