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Cedar Walton Trio & Dale Barlow: Manhattan after hours  1. MY HEART STOOD STILL 2. DON’T BLAME ME 3. RELAXIN’ AT CAMARILLO 4. CON ALMA 5. DARN THAT DREAM 6. EUPHORIA 7. I WANT TO BE HAPPY 8. HAPPY 9. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 10. GIANT PETS My Heart Stood Still MP3 Euphoria MP3 |
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| I feel privileged to be playing this most sophisticated and elegant artform known as Jazz. It always makes me feel good, and I can communicate in a language beyond words which is shared and understood universally, by others around the world who've also been touched and deeply moved by it's joy. This recording represents four musicians playing music together in a room. I'm glad to be able to say this, because a lot of music doesn't get recorded this way anymore. I believe that the most satisfying way to truly capture the creative spirit at work is in the context of communion with other creative individuals.All the intuitive understandings and intricate subtleties that are central to jazz can otherwise be lost. I also love to play with musicians who can think on their instruments and create something profound within the notes they choose. Like a language if it's second nature, you can say exactly what you mean instantly, so it's beyond the instrument and in the realm of pure idea. Cedar is known as one of the great heavyweights of the music, and to me encapsulates all of the greatest qualities that I aspire to as an improvisor. Billy Higgins is the same, and as musicians throughout their careers, have reached heights beyond effortless mastery, towards the spiritual. When musicians can be themselves and trust exists, the music shows what they feel at the moment of it's creation, so anything can happen and usually does. Cedar's trio has always been one of the definitive rhythm sections in modern jazz. I'm proud of this recording, and I want to thank Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins and David Williams for their enthusiasm, elegance, brilliance, love, understanding, timeless wisdom and spirit of open mindedness. The last time I played and recorded with this great trio was in 1985 before I'd played with Art Blakely's Jazz Messengers, and after hearing them for a week at the Village Vanguard with Jackie McLean, I knew we had to do it again. Beyond the distances, histories, languages and philosophies that sometimes seem to divide our fragile existence on this little planet...there is music...our true mother tongue. | ||
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