Alfonzo Blackwell - Reflections (2001)

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Artist: Alfonzo Blackwell
Title: Reflections
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Shanachie[SH 5084]
Genre: Soul, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 49:37
Total Size: 337 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1. Funky Shuffle (3:22)
2. All Blues (3:31)
3. Field of Dreams (3:35)
4. Joy (4:05)
5. I Miss You (3:16)
6. Next To You (3:31)
7. Take You Out (3:18)
8. That Feeling (4:10)
9. True Blue (3:22)
10. Somewhere Someday (3:16)
11. Precious Love (3:29)
12. Reflections (3:22)
13. Better Days (3:52)
14. That's Cool (3:28)

Whatever strides saxophonist Alfonso Blackwell made toward incorporating some challenging straight-ahead jazz elements into 2000's The Time Is Now are completely eschewed on this saccharine follow-up. The Time Is Now was no Love Supreme, but compared with the shallow pop of his first two albums, Alfonso appeared to be attempting a reconciliation between the avant-garde and the smooth on "New Jazz Order." No such admirable gestures are to be found on Reflections. Despite a trite and insipid cover of Miles Davis' "All Blues" that turns the mid-'60s classic into a mild, barely funk jam, the album largely consists of light pop ballads. Assuming though, that most contemporary jazz listeners are not looking to be challenged per se, there are enough palatable R&B infused tracks here to chalk this entry up as simply more of the same. That said, music as un-reflective as this could cause even the most die-hard post-bopper to wax nostalgic for Grover Washington, Jr.~Matt Collar

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