Reflections

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Cat No: SSR2203CD

Release Date: 26 August 2022

Label: Smoke Sessions / House Arrest

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 195269176990

Genres: Jazz

Description
Approaching 80 years of age is occasion enough for anyone to take a moment and look back on a life well lived. For legendary drummer Al Foster, those eight decades have been more memorable than most, filled with exhilarating sounds and encounters with some of the musicâ€™s most iconic legends. On Reflections, Foster revisits the work of several of those peers alongside an inspiring quintet of all-stars: trumpeter Nicholas Payton, saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Kevin Hays, and bassist Vicente Archer. Throughout the session he propels this supremely talented unit through fresh, vital treatments of well-known and less-traveled numbers by iconic legends Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, and McCoy Tyner, all of whom regarded Foster as their first-call drummer for long portions of his celebrated career â€“ at times competing for his services. Band members Payton, Potter and Hays each contribute a tune apiece, while Foster penned three well-wrought songs, including two homages to Thelonious Monk that bookend the program. Itâ€™s hard to overstate Fosterâ€™s contribution to the musical production of the aforementioned giants his 60 years as a professional. But as much as Foster likes to wax nostalgic about the past, itâ€™s also evident on every note of this 68-minute gem that heâ€™s fully committed to living in the moment and playing in the here and now. This follow-up to his well-received 2019 Smoke Sessions debut, Inspirations & Dedications, is Fosterâ€™s fifth leader recording and, as even the notoriously self-critical drummer surprisingly says, â€œIt is my best record yet.â€�
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