Newman, David "Fathead" / Cellar Groove
Album: Cellar Groove   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Newman, David "Fathead"   Added:Apr 2014
Label:Cellar Live  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-04-25 Pull Date: 2014-06-27 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jun 22 Jun 15 Jun 8 Jun 1 May 18 May 11 May 4 Apr 27
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 09, 2018: No Cover, No Minimum
Cristo Redentor
4. Dec 11, 2015: Rebop
The Cookie
2. Oct 20, 2016: No Cover, No Minimum
Cristo Redentor
5. Dec 26, 2014: Rebop (Christmas Edition)
The Cookie, Cellar Groove
3. Jul 09, 2016: blues with a feelin'
Cristo Redentor
6. Jul 04, 2014: Rebop
The Cookie

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2014-04-24
DAVID FATHEAD NEWMAN: Cellar Groove
Cellar Live, 2014

STRAIGHTAHEAD JAZZ – Great live set by one of the last of the great bluesy-bop saxophonists, recorded at a Vancouver club in 2004. He’s backed up by pianist Tilden Webb’s trio, and it’s a fine match. Newman’s tone thinned a bit with age, but he’s in solid swinging form here as he blows through bop tunes, testifies on the blues, and caresses the ballads.

All top-notch! Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8

1. 8:53 – upbeat, snappy swinger: breezy sax solo, trio is in the pocket
2. 7:17 – bouncy soul-jazz strut: sax really works it, piano brings grease
3. 6:14 – soft ballad: hushed sax is full of tenderness, piano floats
4. 7:04 – a standard blues stroll done right, very expressive sax tone
5. 8:08 – snazzy hardbop at a brisk tempo, solid all around, bass solo
6. 8:45 – slow spiritual groove: sax weaves bluesy magic through it
7. 7:32 – light, jaunty bop stroll: catchy piano & freewheelin’ sax
8. 9:52 – bop classic pushes the tempo, sax surfs atop the trio’s hard drive
9. 4:38 – upbeat blues strut: Fathead on flute plays it high and low

[ Fo ] - 24 April 2014

Track Listing
1. Cellar Groove   5. This I Dig Of You
2. The Cookie   6. Cristo Redentor
3. Lady J   7. Roundabout
4. Hard Times   8. A Night In Tunisia
  9. The Gift