Tim Warfield - A Sentimental Journey (2010)

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Title: A Sentimental Journey
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Criss Cross Jazz [Criss 1324 CD]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 59:53
Total Size: 334 MB(+3%) | 141 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1. Sentimental Journey
2. I'll Be Seeing You
3. My Man
4. Crazy Rhythm
5. Speak Low
6. In A Sentimental Mood
7. Golden Earrings
8. Here's That Rainy Day
Tim Warfield - A Sentimental Journey (2010)

personnel :

Tim Warfiled - tenor & soprano sax
TerellStafford - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Pat Bianchi - Hammond B3 organ
Byron Landham - drums

Saxophonist Tim Warfield has been associated with the Wynton Marsalis/Lincoln Center post-Young Lions of mainstream jazz for quite some time. With A Sentimental Journey, he might be making inroads to breaking that mold with a collection of standards fortified by the B-3 organ of Pat Bianchi and given different shadings or flavors. With trumpeter Terrell Stafford as second-in-command, Warfield takes the effortless lead on most of these chestnuts, with primarily his tenor sax and a little soprano. There are three short but sweet songs, including a quaint tango/march version of "My Man" with Warfield playing a Sidney Bechet-toned soprano. The rest are long and involved jam-type workouts as Warfield's tenor is assertive and up-front. A slow, slinky, lugubrious take on "Sentimental Journey" and similarly steamy approach to the Brazilian-tinged "Speak Low" emphasize what is mostly a program of easy swing, ballads, blues, and bossas, with "Crazy Rhythm" the energetic exception. Drummer Byron "Wookie" Landham is the lone rhythmic instrument, and unlike his groove-oriented work with Joey DeFrancesco, he tones down the proceedings with taste and grace. Warfield is not so much distinctive as tasteful, not shattering barriers but playing enjoyable, straight-laced music.~ Michael G. Nastos