Ledonne, Mike Trio / Speak
Album: Speak   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Ledonne, Mike Trio   Added:Aug 2013
Label:Cellar Live  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-08-11 Pull Date: 2013-10-13 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 13 Oct 6 Sep 22 Sep 15 Sep 8 Sep 1 Aug 25 Aug 18
Airplays: 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 07, 2015: Moonlight Impressions
Suite Mary, Part V: Little M, Suite Mary, Part Iv: I Will Always Love You, Suite Mary, Part Iii: Play, Suite Mary, Part Ii: Listen, Suite Mary, Part I: Speak
4. Oct 03, 2013: The Songsmith Show
What You Say Dr. J
2. Oct 10, 2013: Rebop
Suite Mary, Part V: Little M
5. Oct 03, 2013: Rebop
Bleecker Street Theme
3. Oct 04, 2013: No Cover, No Minimum Sub
Blues For Mccoy
6. Sep 21, 2013: Music Casserole
What You Say Dr. J

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-08-08
MIKE LeDONNE TRIO: Speak
Cellar Live, 2013

MAINSTREAM JAZZ – Live set from a solid piano trio, straight-up but with a forceful approach and a lot of old-school soul. Some small-club ambiance peeks through on occasion, but it’s a very clean recording with an “immediate” feel.

Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 8, 9

1. 5:36 – repetitive intro/theme; piano dives & scrambles over driving drums
2. 3:29 – sweet ballad, first two minutes solo piano; hangs off a simple motif
3. 4:44 – upbeat strut with an Ahmad Jamal riff-based feel, rides steady
4. 5:38 – relaxed, smoky ballad: piano wanders off in unexpected arcs
5. 8:27 – dark soul-jazz drive: piano covers lots of ground but holds the groove
6. 6:40 – snappy soul strut: catchy melody but piano gets knotty in middle
7. 5:58 – standard ballad & stroll with a shuffling, odd-meter rhythm
8. 5:11 – postbop at a breakneck tempo: LeDonne channels McCoy Tyner
9. 5:18 – supercool blue swinger, lengthy bass solo in the middle

[ Fo ] - 8 August 2013

Track Listing
1. Suite Mary, Part I: Speak   5. Suite Mary, Part V: Little M
2. Suite Mary, Part Ii: Listen   6. What You Say Dr. J
3. Suite Mary, Part Iii: Play   7. I Loves You Porgy
4. Suite Mary, Part Iv: I Will Always Love You   8. Blues For Mccoy
  9. Bleecker Street Theme