Ran Blake - That Certain Feeling (2010)

Tracklist

1. Ouverture I 0:56
2. Mine 5:06
3. It Ain't Necessarily So 2:49
4. The Man I Love 9:44
5. Oh Where's my Bess I 4:06
6. Blues 2:01
7. Strike Up the Band 4:49
8. What Do You Want Wid Bess? 3:32
9. I Got Rhythm 2:22
10. That Certain Feeling I 1:31
11. Ouverture II 1:01
12. Someone To Watch Over Me 4:04
13. But Not For Me 3:33
14. Who Cares? 5:49
15. Liza 2:44
16. Clara Clara 2:30
17. Oh Where's my Bess II 2:44
18. It's Wonderful 3:38
19. That Certain Feeling II 3:26

personnel :

Ricky Ford - tenor saxophone
Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Ran Blake - piano

More rhythmic and beat-oriented than the usual Blake release, as he displays his love for gospel and spiritual rhythms, as well as the familiar Third Stream and film noir sounds. Blake has been among jazz's least acclaimed players for years, and that probably won't change, but this should refute the notion that his work is too obsessed with cerebral concerns rather than emotions.