Release Date: 28 April 2017
Label: Mack Avenue
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 673203111820
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
As on his acclaimed Mack Avenue debut, Beautiful Life, a poignant, reflective recording that honored his daughter’s love of singing with a program combining jazz, spirituals, contemporary Christian music and ballads, Greene again fulfills his stated imperative of “reflecting the way that Ana lived.� Here, Greene hones in on Ana’s love of dance with a kinetic, groove-filled program comprising ten original compositions—including two Greene-penned lyrics—and his arrangement of the “new standard,� “Something About You.�
Feeding the fire on six tracks is Jimmy Greene’s Love In Action, a unit comprising veteran all-stars Renee Rosnes on piano and Fender Rhodes, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Jeff “Tain� Watts, with Rogerio Boccato on an array of percussion instruments, and, on three selections, next-generation guitar hero Mike Moreno. Raising a joyful noise on the other five pieces is Greene’s quartet, with first-callers including keyboardist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Williams, and drummer Otis Brown, III. Greene himself solos on tenor and soprano saxophone with melodic focus, harmonic ingenuity and soulful authority.
“For this new recording, I wanted a different sound and feeling than what we achieved on Beautiful Life. I’ve been close to Otis for many years and love his deep sense of groove combined with an ability to make things feel explosive and loose. Ben makes everything feel great—he can process anything and make it his own. Kevin’s open ears and expansive vocabulary lets him go anywhere the music takes you.
Tracklisting
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer
Veronica Swift
Christian McBride Big Band
Various Artists
Connie Han
Oscar Peterson
Yellowjackets
Oscar Peterson
Wayne Escoffery, Jimmy Greene, Stephen Riley & Don Braden
Jimmy Greene
Jimmy Greene
Jimmy Greene
Jimmy Greene
Jimmy Greene
