Monday 24 June 2019

Concerto for Padre with Cozzetti - Gemmill plus Fred Taylor







You all remember Fred Taylor (I hope), I mentioned him recently in connection with Baird Hersey.  Apparently the year before his magnum opus he teamed up with these two jazz artists (specifically, trumpeter and pianist Bob Cozzetti and saxophonist Tim Gemmill), performing percussion, but without contributing any of his gloriously inventive compositions.  The other member of the quartet is bassist Steve Bartlett.

The final track, called Capt. Pike (remember him from Star Trek?):





It's very piano-based, contemporary, modal jazz, lacking the fusion fire.  And the chamber music experimentation aspects.
So, a bit of a disappointment from the heights of Court of Circe.






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