Artist: Javon Jackson
Title Of Album: A Look Within
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Blue Note
Genre: Jazz
Format: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 57:13
Total Size: 363 MB(+5%)
Artist: Javon Jackson
Title Of Album: A Look Within
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Blue Note
Genre: Jazz
Format: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 57:13
Total Size: 363 MB(+5%)
Tracklist
01 — Assessment (For Elvin Jones)
02 — Memoria E Fado
03 — Zoot Allures
04 — Country Girl
05 — Leap Frog
06 — Peggy’s Blue Skylight — Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love
07 — L’eau a La Bouche
08 — Hamlet’s Favorite Son
09 — Recado Bossa Nova
personnel :
Javon Jackson — tenor saxophone
Cassandra Wilson — vocals
Dr. Lonnie Smith — organ
Fareed Haque — guitar
Peter Washington — bass
Billy Drummond — drums
Cyro Baptista — percussion
Tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson deserves a lot of credit for
stretching himself on this release. Although he can sound very
close to Joe Henderson at times, on this set he interprets a
wide-ranging repertoire that allows him to avoid falling into the
revivalist hard bop category. In addition to a pair of originals
(the medium-uptempo blues «Hamlet’s Favorite Son» and «Assessment»
which is dedicated to Elvin Jones), Jackson performs songs by the
likes of Egberto Gismonti, Frank Zappa, Muddy Waters («Country
Girl» which has a vocal by Cassandra Wilson), Freddie Hubbard,
Charles Mingus, and Hank Mobley (a delightful rendition of «Recado
Bossa Nova»). Most of the selections (even the two that include
organist Lonnie Smith) utilize a sparse background with the
versatile guitarist Fareed Haque, bassist Peter Washington, and
drummer Billy Drummond leaving plenty of space. This surprisingly
modern and subtle program is one of Javon Jackson’s finest to date.
~ Scott Yanow