Tandem

Reviewed: 2018-02-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pianist Clement duets with several different musicians & singers in a variety of styles. Her ability to inhabit many different head spaces, along with the high degree of comfort exhibited while residing in all of them, puts her in a class all her own. Whether playing "in" or "out," tackling a basic blues or exploring wending and winding changes, singing a standard or spinning out a captivating wordless line, she always manages to put her indelible stamp on what she creates.
If You Like: Thelonious Monk, Diana Krall,
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Blues For Wayne (3:52) –trombone starts> duet starts & stops> Monk-like midtempo jam> quick stop
2/ I Think Of You (2:59) – piano starts> midtempo song with female vocal> fade
*3/ Ablution (2:41) – sax starts> uptempo jam> quick stop
4/ In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (3:23) – piano starts> solo song> fade
5/ Sugar Cliff (8:01) – sax starts> slow jam with scat vocals> sax solo> piano solo> slow jam with scat vocals> slow fade
*6/ Memory (4:24) – vocal starts> slow song> wild (but slow) piano solo> slow song> quick fade
7/ Improvisation #3 (1:52) – trombone starts> slow jam> quick fade
*8/ Bemsha Swing (3:44) – piano starts> duet with drums> quick stop
9/ My Ideal (4:57) – bass starts> slow song> bass solo> slow song> quick fade
*10/ Stay Awake (3:58) – piano starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> fade