Williams, Willie Trio / Comet Ride
Album: Comet Ride   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Williams, Willie Trio   Added:Nov 2007
Label:Miles High Productions  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-12-31 Pull Date: 2008-03-03 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 2 Feb 10 Jan 27 Jan 13 Jan 6
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 27, 2016: No Cover, No Minimum
Comet Ride
4. Feb 08, 2008: The Rent Party
Comet Ride
2. Jun 17, 2011: No Cover, No Minimum
Comet Ride
5. Jan 25, 2008: No Cover, No Minimum
Comet Ride
3. Feb 29, 2008: No Cover, No Minimum
Leprechaun's Dance
6. Jan 11, 2008: No Cover, No Minimum (sub)
Comet Ride

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-01-19
WILLIE WILLIAMS: Comet Ride
Miles High, 2007

Excellent saxophone-led trio set by a cat who doesn’t get enough recording dates. Williams throws himself bodily into every tune, burning through explosive free-bop romps, weaving lines of soft romanticism and gauzy mystery, or digging incessantly at eighth-note phrases. This set is varied, accessible but edgy, recommended.

All tracks airworthy. Fo’s Picks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7

1. 08:24 – yow! nonstop, breathless bebop roller-coaster. Great fun.
2. 03:18 – gentle soprano sax & bowed bass, with a lyrical tenor sax break
3. 08:24 – heavy-footed waltz becomes uptempo & giddy, calms back down
4. 06:25 – slow, moody ballad with free-jazz bursts & great trio interplay
5. 05:18 – bright & bouncy bop: spinning soprano sax lines
6. 07:40 – aggressive walking lines, swaggering tenor sax, burly bass
7. 15:36 – rollicking, funky medley of Eddie Harris/Jimmy Heath classics. Listen for Williams honking on two horns at once!
8. 04:03 – march: lots of down-home soul, some oddball twists
9. 07:04 – steady uptempo, roams around and burrows doggedly into phrases
10. 09:24 – standard with great rhythm, sax roams all over it; good stuff

[ Fo ] 19-Jan-08


Track Listing
1. Comet Ride   6. Changes Of Heart
2. Tenor Ballet   7. Freedom Suite
3. I'm Misunderstood   8. Mo' Grits
4. Three Generations   9. Philly Syndrome
5. Leprechaun's Dance   10. Caravan