Octave Remastered Series Sampler Volume 1

Reviewed: 2019-11-06
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Mack Avenue Records has remastered pianist Garner’s first five albums from when he started his own label. Garner was a genius jazz pianist with a unique style. This is a sampler of those CDs. Some of the discs we do not have in our collection. We received 4 of the discs and they will be in the R File for the duration of this disc’s run in A-File. Please let your listeners know about the reissue & name the disc the track you are playing is from.
If You Like: Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Wynton Kelly
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ When You’re Smiling (3;53) – piano starts> jaunty uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*2/ By Chance (4:31) – piano starts in a crescendo> then slows to midtempo jam> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
***3/ El Papa Grande (4:14) – bass starts> fast tempo jam> sizzling piano solo> fast tempo jam> slow fade
*4/ Octave 103 (4:23) – piano starts> uptempo jam> melody shift> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> bass solo to quick stop
****5/ Mack The Knife (4:59) – piano solo starts midtempo> swings to fast tempo jam> sizzling piano solo> fast jam> slows to quick stop
*6/ Other Voices (5:00) – piano starts> midtempo jam> crescendo> midtempo jam> piano solo> midtempo jam builds in volume> crescendo end
7/ You Brought A New Kind of Love To Me (3;31) – strings start> midtempo jam> strings interlude> midtempo jam> fade
*8/ Paris Mist (Trio Version) (4:57) – piano starts> midtempo jam> Piano solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*9/ Stella By Starlight (3:03) – piano starts> mellow midtempo jam> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
**10/ You And Me (4:08) – piano solo starts slow tempo> crescendo> midtempo> melody shift> midtempo> crescendo end
**11/ Stardust (5:48) – piano solo starts slow> builds in volume> crescendo> slow fade
***12/ La Petite Mambo (3:59) – piano solo starts heavy, quickly swings into uptempo jam> rocking piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop