Artist.......: Curtis Fuller
Album........: Keep It simple
Label........: Savant Records
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: SCD 2062
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-15-2007
str.date.....: Mar-15- 2005
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Spoken Intro 00:04
02. The Court 02:56
03. Maze 06:33
04. Girl Talk 06:00
05. A La Mode 03:54
06. Lover Man 09:58
07. Western Sunrise 05:46
08. Arabia 03:45
09. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 06:04
10. Diane 06:59
11. It's You Or No One 03:05
Runtime 55:04 min
Size 75,3 MB
Release Notes:
Personnel: Curtis Fuller (trombone); Javon Jackson
(tenor saxophone); Doug Carn (piano); Rodney Jordan
(double bass); Fritz Wise (drums). Recording
information: Rocky Mountain, Hilton Head, SC
(09/23/2003); Rocky Mountain, Hilton Head, SC
(09/29/2003).
JazzTimes (p.100) - "[T]he recording belongs to
Fuller. His hazy tone and curt, snapping melodic
lines sound more and more handsome as the recording
goes on."
Taking off from 2004's Up Jumped Spring, trombonist
Curtis Fuller once again reunites with a former Art
Blakey's Jazz Messengers alum for a set of
standards and original compositions. Joining Fuller
this time is tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, who
played with Blakey from the late '80s until the
drummer's death in 1990. Together they reignite the
fiery, soulful Jazz Messenger aesthetic on such
standout Fuller tunes as the John
Coltrane-influenced "Maze" and the swinging hard
boppish "A La Mode." Backing Fuller here is pianist
Doug Carn, bassist Rodney Jordan, and drummer Fritz
Wise. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide