If You Could See Me Now

Reviewed: 2018-11-08
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Magnarelli’s latest disc exhibits hard bop craft and artistic license in equal measure. It is not merely a vehicle for the trumpeter’s full, burnished tone and patient, thoughtful way of developing a solo. This superb disc also reveal Magnarelli as a composer of genuine merit, an arranger who fashions the music in terms other than a predictable format, and a leader concerned with presenting the talents of his peers.
If You Like: Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Kelley, Lou Donaldson
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Lady Bird (6:35) – drums start> uptempo swinging jam> everybody solos> uptempo jam> crescendo end
2/ On A Misty Night (5:59) - horns start> midtempo jam> sax solo> trumpet solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> fade
**3/ Bula Beige (6:47) - piano starts> midtempo jam> slinky sax solo> trumpet solo> piano solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
**4/ The Tadd Walk (6:10) – piano starts> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> quick stop
*5/ If You Could See Me Now (7:24) - piano starts> slow jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
6/ The Dream Is You (5:59) – piano starts> uptempo jam with Latin vibe> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
7/ I Think I’ll Go Away (7:10) – piano starts> slow jam> trumpet solo> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
8/ Sando Latino (8:59) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> fade
*9/ Super Jet (5:31) – fast tempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> drum solo> fast jam> quick stop