Release Date: 23 March 2015
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474137527
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Tim Warfield's eighth Criss Cross leader recording 'Spherical', which references the middle name of its primary subject, immortal jazz pianist-composer Thelonious Sphere Monk, is the tenor/soprano saxophonist's most idiosyncratic and personal document to date.
To be specific, Warfield and an efflorescent quintet of virtuoso teamplayers (Eddie Henderson, trumpet; Orrin Evans, piano; Ben Wolfe, bass; Clarence Penn, drums) personalise six Monk compositions (Off Minor, Ugly Beauty, Oska T, Gallop's Gallop, Coming on the Hudson, and Round Midnight) and That Old Man (which Monk recorded as "Children's Song"in 1964), as well as an original Warfield blues dedicated to Monk's first employer, Coleman Hawkins.
All members improvise with a creative force that shows the depth of their engagement with the essence of these masterworks; the will to swing defines the proceedings throughout.
Personnel: Tim Warfield (tenor & soprano saxophone), Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Orrin Evans (piano), Ben Wolfe (bass), Clarence Penn (drums)
Tracklisting
Gregory Groover Jr.
Michael Thomas
Warne Marsh
Walt Weiskopf
Tad Shull Quintet
Steve Nelson
Steve Davis
Ryan Kisor
Tim Warfield
Tim Warfield
Tim Warfield
Tim Warfield
Tim Warfield
Tim Warfield
Tim Warfield
