Everybody Gets The Blues

Reviewed: 2018-04-05
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pianist Eric Reed is one of the most articulate and intelligent ambassadors of jazz performing today. Here the jazz listener receives the grace of perfectly conceived and delivered jazz piano trio & quartet music. Reed is a complete musical package with a graceful style and an encyclopedic mind.
If You Like: Bud Powell, Cedar Walton
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Everybody Gets The Blues (3:51) – piano starts> slow trio jam> hesitating jam at the end
**2/ Cedar Waltzing - Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing (8:23) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo swings uptempo, then slows> midtempo piano solo swings uptempo, then slows> midtempo jam swings uptempo> slow fade
3/ Naima (5:28) – Rhodes starts with lovely solo> > slow jam> mellow sax solo> Rhodes solo> slow jam> slow fade
**4/ Martha’s Prize 7:49) – rocking piano starts> uptempo jam> swinging sax solo> swinging piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
5/ Yesterday – Yesterdays (6:07) – piano starts> slow strong trio jam> melody shift> slow jam> quick fade
*6/ Up Jumped Spring (8:48) – piano starts> slow quartet jam> sax solo> lovely piano solo> slow jam builds in volume & intensity> slow fade
7/ Dear Bud (5:00) – piano starts> slow trio jam> piano solo swings to midtempo & slows> slow jam> fade
*8/ New Morning (9:30) – piano starts> slow quartet jam> piano solo> sax solo> midtempo jam builds in volume & intensity> fade
***9/ Road Life (4:36) – piano starts> rocking uptempo quartet jam> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> swinging uptempo jam> drum solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> crescendo end