The Walter Norris Trio - Lush Life (1991)

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Title: Lush Life
Year Of Release: 1991
Label: Concord
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:03:31
Total Size: 373 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Lush Life
02. I'll Remember April
03. My Foolish Heart
04. Vars/Mont Dauphin
05. C. J.'s Blues
06. On Green Dolphin Street
07. Crazy She Calls Me
08. Thumbs Out
09. Belle of the Ball
10. Stompin' at the Savoy

Personnel:
Walter Norris - p
Neil Swainson - b
Harold Jones - dr

Pianist Walter Norris has the knack for making the most overplayed standards sound fresh. By reharmonizing the chord structures and altering the melodies a bit, he was able to reinvent most of the repertoire on this CD, including a notable "new" version of the title cut. Parts of "My Foolish Heart" are so free as to be almost unrecognizable, and even "On Green Dolphin Street" sounds unusual while swinging hard. With fine support from bassist Neil Swainson and drummer Harold Jones, Walter Norris revitalizes the jazz mainstream with inventive explorations.