Hamiet Bluiett, Larry Willis - If Trees Could Talk (1999)

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Artist: Hamiet Bluiett, Larry Willis
Title: If Trees Could Talk
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Mapleshade records[06332]
Genre: Jazz, Avant-Garde
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 58:20
Total Size: 289 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1.The African (H.Bluiett)
2.Straight Ahead—A Day On The Plantation (H.Bluiett)
3.Uncle Adolf, Uncle Aaron (H.Bluiett)
4.Ask Me Now (T.Monk)
5.Whenever We Could (H.Bluiett)
6.Ballad For E.K. (L.Willis)
7.Cherry Pink, Apple Blossom White (J.Richardson Jr.)
8.Ballad For Frederick (L.Willis)
9.If Trees Could Talk (H.Bluiett,L.Willis)
10.Bro' Blue (J.Ware)
11.Nightfall (L.Willis)
12.Some Other (Schizophrenic) Blues (J.Coltrane)
13.Aunt Hallie (H.Bluiett)
14.Runaway (H.Bluiett)

personnel :

Larry Willis - piano
Hamiet Bluiett - baritone sax

This set of duets by baritonist Hamiet Bluiett and pianist Larry Willis is really a showcase for Bluiett's emotional playing. Ranging from free improvisations to Thelonious Monk's "Ask Me Now," a humorous reworking of "Cherry Pink, Apple Blossom White," and some originals, the music features lots of adventurous playing from Bluiett, who fully explores the extreme upper register of his baritone (including on the unaccompanied closer "Runaway"). On one piece, the opening "The African," Bluiett duets with percussionist Asante. Otherwise Willis is mostly in a subtle and supportive role, giving Hamiet Bluiett a solid foundation in which to leap into his wild flights.~Scott Yanow

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